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Author:

Brady, Lisa M., 1971-

Title:

War upon the land : military strategy and the transformation of southern landscapes during the American Civil War / Lisa M. Brady.

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

c2012

Description:

xix, 187 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

United States--Environmental aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Environmental aspects.
Philosophy of nature--United States--History--19th century.
Strategy--History--19th century.
Confederate States of America--History, Military.
United States--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Notes:

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.

Series:

Environmental history and the American South

ISBN:

0820342491 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780820342498 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0820329851 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780820329857 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)754105606

LCCN:

2011037559

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)