Ebook: Rocks and Rifles: The Influence of Geology on Combat and Tactics during the American Civil War
Author: Scott Hippensteel
- Tags: History, History of Military, Military and Defence Studies, Historical Geology, Structural Geology, Geomorphology, Archaeology
- Series: Advances in Military Geosciences
- Year: 2019
- Publisher: Springer International Publishing
- Edition: 1st ed.
- Language: English
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This book discusses the relationship between geology and fighting during the American Civil War. Terrain was largely determined by the underlying rocks and how the rocks weathered. This book explores the difference in rock type between multiple battlegrounds and how these rocks influenced the combat, tactics, and strategies employed by the soldiers and their commanding officers at different scales.
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