A carnival of pillage and destruction : social history, the common soldier, and making war on the confederate home front

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Krause, Richard

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The concept of war on the Confederate home front is known by historians as "hard war." The idea is the notion of making war against not only the opposing armies, but on anything that could be, or w...

The concept of war on the Confederate home front is known by historians as "hard war." The idea is the notion of making war against not only the opposing armies, but on anything that could be, or was used by, the opposing army later to be termed total warfare. This essentially translated to a war against not only enemy soldiers but on the entire population.

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