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PublisherMcfarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers

ISBN-100786469285

ISBN-139780786469284

eBay Product ID (ePID)110686883

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Number of Pages397 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGuerrilla Warfare in Civil War Missouri, Volume II 1863

SubjectUnited States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), General, United States / State & Local / MidWest (IA, Il, in, Ks, Mi, MN, Mo, Nd, Ne, Oh, Sd, Wi)

Publication Year2012

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaHistory

AuthorBruce Nichols

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight24.1 Oz

Item Length10 in

Item Width7 in

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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Reviewsreaders interested in the Civil War in Missouri owe a debt of gratitude to researcher Bruce Nichols for his extensive documentation of the guerrilla warfare that raged throughout the state...will likely stand the test of time as an invaluable resource for a wide range of interested readers--www.cwba.blogspot.com, "Nichols' impressive four volumes will undoubtedly be the standard encyclopedia of guerilla activities in Missouri for years to come. No historian interested in Civil War guerrilla warfare should be without the entire set. Nichols is to be congratulated for his excellent work in documenting this dark but pivotal time in Missouri's history...highly recommended"-- Civil War News "monumental...nothing remotely approaching the scale of this undertaking has been attempted before on this topic, and these meticulously researched tomes will almost certainly stand the test of time as essential reference tools"-- The Civil War Monitor "readers interested in the Civil War in Missouri owe a debt of gratitude to researcher Bruce Nichols for his extensive documentation of the guerrilla warfare that raged throughout the state...will likely stand the test of time as an invaluable resource for a wide range of interested readers"-- www.cwba.blogspot.com., "Nichols' impressive four volumes will undoubtedly be the standard encyclopedia of guerilla activities in Missouri for years to come. No historian interested in Civil War guerrilla warfare should be without the entire set. Nichols is to be congratulated for his excellent work in documenting this dark but pivotal time in Missouri's history...highly recommended"-- Civil War News ; "monumental...nothing remotely approaching the scale of this undertaking has been attempted before on this topic, and these meticulously researched tomes will almost certainly stand the test of time as essential reference tools"-- The Civil War Monitor ; "readers interested in the Civil War in Missouri owe a debt of gratitude to researcher Bruce Nichols for his extensive documentation of the guerrilla warfare that raged throughout the state...will likely stand the test of time as an invaluable resource for a wide range of interested readers"-- www.cwba.blogspot.com., "Nichols' impressive four volumes will undoubtedly be the standard encyclopedia of guerilla activities in Missouri for years to come. No historian interested in Civil War guerrilla warfare should be without the entire set. Nichols is to be congratulated for his excellent work in documenting this dark but pivotal time in Missouri's history...highly recommended"- Civil War News ; "monumental...nothing remotely approaching the scale of this undertaking has been attempted before on this topic, and these meticulously researched tomes will almost certainly stand the test of time as essential reference tools"- The Civil War Monitor ; "readers interested in the Civil War in Missouri owe a debt of gratitude to researcher Bruce Nichols for his extensive documentation of the guerrilla warfare that raged throughout the state...will likely stand the test of time as an invaluable resource for a wide range of interested readers"- www.cwba.blogspot.com.

Number of Volumes1 vol.

Volume NumberVol. II

IllustratedYes

Table Of ContentTable of Contents Preface Introduction 1. Winter 1863 in Southwest Missouri 2. Winter 1863 in Northeast Missouri 3. Winter 1863 in Southeast Missouri 4. Winter 1863 in Northwest Missouri 5. Union Policy Evolves in Early 1863 6. Spring 1863 in Northeast Missouri 7. Spring 1863 in Southeast Missouri 8. Spring 1863 in Southwest Missouri 9. Spring 1863 in Northwest Missouri 10. Summer 1863 in Northeast Missouri 11. Summer 1863 in Southeast Missouri 12. Summer 1863 in Southwest Missouri 13. June and July 1863 in Northwest Missouri 14. August 1863 in Northwest Missouri 15. Fall 1863 in Northeast Missouri 16. Fall 1863 in Southeast Missouri 17. Fall 1863 in Southwest Missouri 18. Fall 1863 in Northwest Missouri Afterword Notes Bibliography Index

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SynopsisProvides 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. It utilizes both well-known and obscure sources 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., This book is a thorough study of all known guerrilla operations in Civil War Missouri during 1863, the middle year of the war. This work explores the tactics with which each side attempted to gain advantage, with regional differences as influenced by the personalities of local commanders. An enormous variety of sources--military and government records, private accounts, county and other local histories, period and later newspapers, and secondary sources published after the war--are used to identify which Southern partisan leaders and groups operated in which areas of Missouri, and to 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 counter-actions of an array of different types of Union troops are also covered to show how differences in training, leadership, and experiences affected behaviors and actions in the field.