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. - xix, 187 p. : ill., maps. - Environmental history and the American South . - Environmental history and the American South. .
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Philosophy of nature--History--United States--19th century.
Strategy--History--19th century.
United States--History--Environmental aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederate States of America--History, Military.
United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Electronic books.
E468.9 / .B694 2012eb
973.7/301
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. - xix, 187 p. : ill., maps. - Environmental history and the American South . - Environmental history and the American South. .
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.
Electronic reproduction.
Palo Alto, Calif. :
ebrary,
2013.
Available via World Wide Web.
Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Philosophy of nature--History--United States--19th century.
Strategy--History--19th century.
United States--History--Environmental aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Confederate States of America--History, Military.
United States--History--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865
Electronic books.
E468.9 / .B694 2012eb
973.7/301