Mountain partisans
guerrilla warfare in the southern Appalachians, 1861-1865
by Sean Michael O'Brien
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"This is the story of a civil war within the Civil War. Many mountain whites in Southern Appalachia opposed the Confederacy, especially when the South's conscription and impressment policies began to cause severe hardships. Deserters from the Rebel army hid in the mountains and formed guerrilla bands that terrorized unprotected Confederate homesteads. Violence escalated as Rebel guerrillas fought back.
The conflict soon took on some of the ugliest aspects of class warfare between poorer mountain whites, who were usually Unionists, and the more well-to-do mountain property owners, who supported the Rebels. Mountain Partisans penetrates the shadowy world of Union and Confederate guerrillas, describes their leaders and bloody activities, and explains their effect on the Civil War and the culture of Appalachia."--BOOK JACKET.
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Mountain partisans: guerrilla warfare in the southern Appalachians, 1861-1865
1999, Praeger
in English
0275964302 9780275964306
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-207) and index.
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