Extreme Civil War : guerrilla warfare, environment, and race on the trans-Mississippi frontier / Matthew M. Stith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stith, Matthew M., author.

Series:

Conflicting worlds

Conflicting worlds, new dimensions of the American Civil War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guerrilla warfare.

History.

Southwest, Old--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Underground movements.

Southwest, Old.

Southwest, Old--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Commando operations.

Southwest, Old--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Underground movements.

United States.

War--Underground movements.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Commando operations.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Guerrilla warfare--Southwest, Old--History--19th century.

Guerrilla warfare--United States--History--19th century.

Commando troops.

Military campaigns.

United States--Old Southwest.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

ix, 218 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2016]

Contents:

"Ripe for the harvest": the border before the war, 1860-1861

"Civil War was fully inaugurated": the border war, 1861

"The depth of misfortune and misery": regular and irregular war, 1862

"The arch fiend could desire nothing more": the devolution of war, 1863

"Deplorable condition of the country": civilization extirpated, 1864-1865.

Notes:

"Part of this book was previously published as "The Deplorable Condition of the Country: Nature, Society, and War on the Trans-Mississippi Frontier," Civil War History 58:3 (September 2012). Copyright 2012 by The Kent State University Press. Reprinted with permission." --Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807163146

0807163147

OCLC:

925498143