American Civil War Guerrilla Tactics by Osprey Publishing
Item Number: OSPELI174
Elite 174
Author: Sean McLachlan
Illustrators: Gerry Embleton Samuel Embleton
About this book
While the giant armies of the Union and the Confederacy were fighting over cities and strategic strongholds, a large number of warriors from both sides were fighting, smaller, more personal battles. Beginning with the violent struggle known as -Bleeding Kansas- armed bands of irregular fighters began to wage war in every corner of the United States. Many of the names of their commanders have become legendary: William Quantrill, -Bloody Bill- Anderson, and John S Mosby -The Grey Ghost-. To their own people they were heroes; to others they were the first of a new generation of wild west outlaw. Their tactics included robbing banks, kidnapping soldiers & civilians, rustling cattle, and cutting telegraph lines. In fact, it is during the violence of the war that many of America-s future outlaw legends would be born, most notably Cole Younger and Frank and Jesse James.
Paperback; September 2009; 64 pages; ISBN: 9781846034947