Promotional Information

The story of a civil war within the Civil War, Mountain Partisans penetrates the shadowy world of Union and Confederate guerrillas, describes their leaders and bloody activities, and explains their effect on the Civil War and the culture of Appalachia.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Blood in the Snow Introduction: War in the Mountains Western North Carolina "The Best We Could" "Nothing More than Mountain Robbers" "Where Yankees Never Come" "Power Unrestrained" East Tennessee "Bleeding at Every Pore" "There Are Meaner Men" Community at the Breaking Point North Alabama "Destroying Angels" "Prisoners of Hope" Blood in the Sky North Georgia "Union Men to the Core" "In the House of Joseph" "The Red-Headed Beast from Georgia" "Guerrilla Holes" West Virginia Death of a Dream Legacy Survivors Works Cited Index

About the Author

SEAN MICHAEL O'BRIEN is a freelance writer with experience in the U.S. military and in education. A former college instructor, he calls the Southern Appalachians home. He is the author of numerous articles on the Civil War and Southern military history.

Reviews

"Mountain Partisans throws a hard, sharp spotlight on the independent nature of mountain folk--how the landscape affected the folkscape, thereby creating a very different environment and hence, a very different war. A worthy addition to the growing body of information on this savage war within a war."-Tom Goodrich coauthor of Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla

?[T]his book will prove quite useful as a reference work for professional historians and for local historians and students who will be able to use it to launch their own research.?-The Journal of Military History

?A very good account of the irregular fighting in the Appalachian regions of Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama during the Civil War...?-The NYMAS Newsletter

?Mr. O'Brien has done a first rate job with this work...I would recommend Mountain Partisans as a springboard for further research in this neglected area of American history. It is a good book.?-The Civil War Courier

?O'Brien has offered a well-written analysis that attempts to fill a significant gap in Civil War scholarship.?-Appalachian Journal

"�T�his book will prove quite useful as a reference work for professional historians and for local historians and students who will be able to use it to launch their own research."-The Journal of Military History

"[T]his book will prove quite useful as a reference work for professional historians and for local historians and students who will be able to use it to launch their own research."-The Journal of Military History

"A very good account of the irregular fighting in the Appalachian regions of Kentucky, Tennessee, the Carolinas, Georgia, and Alabama during the Civil War..."-The NYMAS Newsletter

"O'Brien has offered a well-written analysis that attempts to fill a significant gap in Civil War scholarship."-Appalachian Journal

"Mr. O'Brien has done a first rate job with this work...I would recommend Mountain Partisans as a springboard for further research in this neglected area of American history. It is a good book."-The Civil War Courier