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Title: Spies, Scouts, and Raiders: Irregular Operations (Time-Life The Civil War) by William C. Davis ISBN: 0-8094-4716-9 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 February, 1986 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Summary: Time-Life looks at Irregular Operations during the Civil War
Comment: While most of the volumes in the Time-Life Civil War series are devoted to particular battles or campaigns, there are a few books that cut across the chronology of the war. One such book is "Spies, Scout and Raiders: Irregular Operations," which covers some of the more interesting sideshow operations of the war in its five chapters: (1) Currents of Conspiracy looks at the work the Pinkerton detectives did for the Union, from foiling an assassination attempt on President-elect Lincoln to the exploits of agent extraordinary Timothy Webster. (2) The Undercover Confederates details the efforts of Southern spies, including some of the ingenious ways they managed to get their information through the lines. This chapter includes a photographic essay on codes and ciphers. (3) The General's Network tells the little known story about the secret service force Ulysses S. Grant established throughout the Confederacy that fed him information. This chapter's photo essay is on how to wreck a railroad, perfected by General Herman Haupt, field chief of the Federal military rail system.
Guerilla warfare is basically the subject of the book's last two chapters: (4) The Backcountry Warriors looks at such famous raiders as James Andrews of the Union, who hijacked the locomotive the "General" and the Confederate John S. Mosby. (5) A Scourge in the West looks at Quantrill's Raiders and the war as it was fought out in Missouri. Although it seems somewhat misplaced in this particular volume, the photo essay for this chapter looks at some of the fantastic weapons devised during the Civil War.
Granted, what is covered in this book occurred off the main stage of the Civil War. But one of the strengths of this series is that it can devote time to look at some of the war's sideshows. "Spies, Scouts, and Raiders" presents a balanced account of the unconventional (a.k.a. irregular) ways in which the Civil War was fought, usually by those who were not technically military combatants. The book is illustrated with historic photographs, etchings, drawings, and paintings, including some of the rather interesting items being used by those engaged in mid-19th-century espionage.
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Title: The Coastal War: Chesapeake Bay to Rio Grande (The Civil War) by Peter M. Chaitin ISBN: 0809447320 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 June, 1984 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Confederate Ordeal: The Southern Home Front : The Civil War (Civil War (Time-Life Books)) by Steven A. Channing, Editors of Time Life Books ISBN: 0809447282 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1984 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Battles for Atlanta (Civil War) by Ronald H. Bailey ISBN: 0809447738 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1986 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: War on the Frontier (Civil War Series) by Alvin M. Josephy ISBN: 0809447800 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 1994 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Sherman's March: Atlanta to the Sea (The Civil War) by David Nevin ISBN: 0809448122 Publisher: Time-Life Books Pub. Date: 01 August, 1986 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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