A savage conflict the decisive role of guerrillas in the American Civil War /

• Main Author: Sutherland, Daniel E.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Series: Civil War America.
• Subjects: Guerrilla warfare > History > 19th century. > United States; Guerrilla warfare > Confederate States of America.; Guerrillas > History > 19th century. > United States; Guerrillas > Confederate States of America.; HISTORY.; United States > History > Underground movements. > Civil War, 1861-1865; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 435 p.) : ill., maps.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-420) and index.
• ISBN: 9780807888681 (electronic bk.); 0807888680 (electronic bk.)

The American Civil War is famous for epic battles involving massive armies outfitted in blue and gray uniforms, details that characterize conventional warfare. ###A Savage Conflict# is the first work to treat guerrilla warfare as critical to understanding the course and outcome of the Civil War. Daniel Sutherland argues that irregular warfare took a large toll on the Confederate war effort by weakening support for state and national governments and diminishing the trust citizens had in their officials to protect them.