Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, 1862
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Book Description
This book is a thorough study of all known guerrilla operations in Civil War Missouri in 1862, the year such warfare became the primary type of military action there and the year that the state saw almost constant fighting.
The author utilizes both well-known and obscure sources (including military and government records, private accounts, county and other local histories, period and later newspapers, and secondary sources published after the war), to identify which Southern partisan leaders and groups operated in which areas of Missouri, and describe how they operated and how their kinds of warfare evolved. The actions of Southern guerrilla forces and Confederate behind-enemy-lines recruiters are presented chronologically by region so that readers may see the relationship of seemingly isolated events to other events over a period of time in a given area. The counteractions of an array of different types of Union troops fighting guerrillas in Missouri are also covered to show how differences in training, leadership, and experiences affected behaviors and actions in the field.
About the Author
Bruce Nichols is a cartographer for the United States Government in the Department of Defense. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
Guerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, 1862,Bruce Nichols,McFarland & Company,0786416890,19th century,Civil War, 1861-1865,Guerrilla Warfare,Guerrillas,History,History - U.S.,History: American,Military - Other,Military - Strategy,Military History - U.S. Civil War,Military Science,Missouri,Underground movements,United States,United States - Civil War
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