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100 1 $aStephenson, Darl L.,$d1946-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001027789
245 10 $aHeadquarters in the brush :$bBlazer's Independent Union Scouts /$cDarl L. Stephenson ; foreword by Brian C. Pohanka.
260 $aAthens :$bOhio University Press,$c[2001], ©2001.
300 $axxi, 355 pages :$billustrations, maps, portraits ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 337-342) and index.
520 1 $a"Contrary to accepted myths, guerilla tactics in the Civil War were not confined to the army of the Confederacy. In the fall of 1863, Union Col. Carr B. White formed a group of scouts and sharpshooters, headed by Capt. Richard Blazer of the 91st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to fight the bushwhackers in the mountains of West Virginia. The unit was so successful that Gen.
520 8 $aGeorge Crook mounted the group on horses in 1864 to combat Rebel guerillas, make deep raids, and act as the front and rear guard of the army, giving them the most dangerous of missions. In the Shenandoah Valley, Gen. Philip Sheridan gave them the mandate to take on the renowned Confederate partisan John S. Mosby and his Rangers. Equipped with advanced Spencer repeating rifles, they took the war to Mosby's Rangers as regular cavalry could not do.".
520 8 $a"Up till now the conflicts between Blazer's Scouts and Mosby's Rangers have been told only from the Confederate perspective. Darl Stephenson provides a corrective to the exaggeration and distortion prevalent in the historical telling of these escapades. Heavily illustrated and using long-overlooked sources, Headquarters in the Brush presents a balanced and fascinating account of what may be the most extraordinary group of men in the American Civil War."--BOOK JACKET.
610 10 $aUnited States.$bArmy.$bBlazer's Independent Union Scouts (1863-1865)$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2001027784
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xScouts and scouting.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140271
650 0 $aScouts (Youth organization members)$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century.
852 00 $bglx$hE608$i.S74 2001