Rocks and Rifles
The Influence of Geology on Combat and Tactics during the American Civil War
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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.
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.
The first comprehensive and in-depth exploration of the influence of geology on the outcome of battles underlain by a variety of rocks in both the Eastern and Western Theaters of war Reveals the influence of geology on landscape features and terrain in historical context Explores the qualities of sediment that made these fortifications so much stronger than masonry structures in the face of modern (Civil War) rifled artillery
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Scott Hippensteel
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American Civil War Geology Geomorphology Antietam Gettysburg Fall Line Second Manassas Chickamauga Kennesaw Mountain Battles on rocky ground combat on high ground historical geology structural geology
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“Scott Hippensteel's Rocks and Rifles succeeds admirably in bringing a renewed appreciation of geology to Civil War military history. It is certainly true that intimate knowledge of the ground is an essential prerequisite for comprehensive mastery of any given battle history, and Hippensteel's study offers readers and experts alike a series of fresh and informed glimpses of yet another layer of understanding.”(Andrew Wagenhoffer, Civil War Books and Authors)
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