![]() For someone putting together a serious collection of works on the Civil War, this one is essential. Mackey's final point, based on the discussion among Lee's generals on the eve of surrender, gives an answer that might seem surprising to many accustomed to the conventional answers. ![]() To a great extent, once the war began in one of these border states, it never left and never ended until Appomattox. For readers of the Civil War used to the traditional description of large conventional armies and large battles, this book also provides a richer and more diverse picture. ![]() Both geography and the importance of the theater to the prosecution of the conventional war shaped the form and level of the irregular war. Robert Russell Mackey (6 results) You searched for: Author: robert russell mackey. For the upper South - Missouri, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Virginia, even North Carolina (though not covered) - it also was a war among the populations of states. The Uncivil War: Irregular Warfare in the Upper South, 1861-1865 by Mackey, Robert Russell and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In treating the entire range of irregular warfare across the upper South during the Civil War, Mackey illustrates that 1861-65 was not exactly a war between the states. ![]()
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