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War upon the land military strategy and the transformation of southern landscapes during the American Civil War
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Title
War upon the land [electronic resource] : military strategy and the transformation of southern landscapes during the American Civil War / Lisa M. Brady.
ISBN
9780820329857 (cloth alk. paper)
0820329851 (cloth alk. paper)
9780820342498 (pbk. alk. paper)
0820342491 (pbk. alk. paper)
9780820343839 (e-book)
Published
Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2012.
Physical Description
xix, 187 p. : ill., maps.
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
April 15, 2013
Series
Environmental history and the American South
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction : nineteenth-century ideas of nature and their role in Civil War strategy
Hostile territory : Union operations along the Lower Mississippi, 1862-1863
Broken country : Union campaigns at and around Vicksburg, 1863
Ravaged ground : Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, 1864
Devoured land : Sherman's Georgia and Carolina campaigns, 1864-1865
Conclusion : making a desert and calling it peace.
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