A savage conflict
the decisive role of guerrillas in the American Civil War

Examines the impact that guerrilla warfare had on the Civil War, discussing how Confederate guerrillas' increasing use of plunder and violence led to a decline of support for them among Southerners and was a factor in the final defeat of the South.
Guerrilla warfareGuerrillasHistoryUnderground movementsUnited States Civil War, 1861-1865United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, underground movements