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War upon the land

Brady, Lisa M., 1971-

War upon the land military strategy and the transformation of southern landscapes during the American Civil War / [electronic resource] : Lisa M. Brady. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (208 p.) - Environmental history and the American South . - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780820343839 0820329851


Strategy--History--19th century.
Philosophy of nature--History--United States--19th century.


United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederate States of America--History, Military.
United States--History--Environmental aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865


Electronic books.

E468.9 / .B694 2012

973.7/301