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Sand, science, and the Civil War : sedimentary geology and combat /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hippensteel, Scott, 1969- (Author)
Corporate Author: EBSCOhost
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2023]
Series:Uncivil wars.
Subjects:
Military geology.
Landscapes > United States > History > 19th century.
Sediments (Geology) > United States > History > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Environmental aspects.
United States > Strategic aspects.
Southern States > Strategic aspects.
Landscapes.
Military campaigns.
Sediments (Geology)
Strategic aspects of individual places.
Southern States.
United States.
1800-1899
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Part I. Sedimentary Geology and Warfare
  • Sediments and Conflict
  • The Coevolution of Military and Geological Sciences
  • Killing at Range: Artillery and Geomorphology
  • Geology and Protection: Fortifications
  • Part II. Hard Rocks and High Ground: The Piedmont and Valley and Ridge
  • Durable Rocks and Defensive Stands
  • Killer Carbonates
  • Battling in the Basins
  • Sedimentary Geology and Logistics
  • Part III. Soft Rocks and Shovels: Conflict on the Coastal Plain
  • A River Runs Through It: Flowing Water and Dissected Terrain
  • Burnside and the Bluffs
  • Sediments and Morale
  • Part IV. Muddy Meanders of the Mississippi
  • Geology of the Father of Waters
  • The Vicksburg Campaign: Grant Does More with Loess
  • Part V. To Take the Coasts
  • Protecting the Shoreline
  • The Education of Quincy Gillmore
  • The Strength of Sand
  • Gibraltar of the South
  • Part VI. The Legacy of Sedimentary Geology and the Civil War
  • Sedimentary Geology as a Tool for History
  • The Fate of the Fortifications
  • Lessons Learned for Future Conflict.