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- Description
- 1 online resource.
- Series Statement
- Uncivil wars
- Uniform Title
- Uncivil wars.
- Alternative Title
- Sedimentary geology and combat
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Reproduction (note)
- Source of Description (note)
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 20, 2023).
- 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.
- ISBN
- 9780820363578
- 082036357X
- 9780820363547
- 0820363545
- LCCN
- 2022036130
- OCLC
- 2022036130
- Author
Hippensteel, Scott, 1969- author.
- Title
Sand, science, and the Civil War : sedimentary geology and combat / Scott Hippensteel.
- Publisher
Athens, Georgia : The University of Georgia Press, [2023]
- Type of Content
text
- Type of Medium
computer
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Series
Uncivil wars
Uncivil wars.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
- Note
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 20, 2023).
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- Chronological Term
1800-1899
- Added Author
EBSCOhost
- Other Form:
Print version: Hippensteel, Scott, 1969- Sand, science, and the Civil War Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2023 9780820363530 (DLC) 2022036129