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'Impracticable, Inhospitable, and Dismal Country': An Examination of the Environmental Impact on Civil War Military Operations in West Virginia

机译:“不切实际,热情好客和沮丧的国家”:对西弗吉尼亚州内战军事行动的环境影响的考察

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"Impracticable, Inhospitable, and Dismal Country" examines the role of the natural environment in the campaign fought along Tygart's Valley River in West Virginia during the summer and early fall of 1861. In the weeks following the capitulation of Fort Sumter, it became clear that hostilities would break out in present-day West Virginia. Divided political sentiments between secessionists and Unionists, combined with vital transportation avenues including turnpikes, the Ohio River, and the critical Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, forced the region into the crosshairs of regular military operations. As soldiers from both Union and Confederate armies mobilized in West Virginia, they soon began to understand the natural environment would play a critical role in determining the fight there. More than an arena of combat, the natural environment was a third participant in the fight for the Mountain State. This thesis contributes to the subfield of environmental Civil War studies by analyzing the intersection of environment and war in a unique theater of the Civil War. As the role of the natural environment on military operations in West Virginia has not received thorough scholarly attention, this thesis also helps to push forward the historiography of the Civil War in Appalachia. Topography, weather, and disease were all environmental factors that affected command decisions and impacted the common soldier experience. Both sides could alter the landscape into a natural ally, but the Federals were more proficient in adapting to and overcoming the natural environment. Union victories enabled the unimpeded progress of the Reorganized Government of Virginia and the eventual formation of the state of West Virginia.
机译:“不切实际,荒凉而荒凉的乡村”考察了自然环境在1861年夏季和初夏在西弗吉尼亚州的泰格特山谷河沿线进行的战役中的作用。在萨姆特堡被投降后的几周内,人们很清楚地发现,今天的西弗吉尼亚州将爆发敌对行动。分离主义者和联盟主义者之间的政治情绪分化,加上重要的交通途径,包括收费公路,俄亥俄河以及关键的巴尔的摩和俄亥俄铁路,迫使该地区成为常规军事行动的十字准线。随着来自西弗吉尼亚州的盟军和同盟军的士兵动员起来,他们很快开始了解自然环境将在决定那里的战斗中发挥关键作用。自然环境不仅是战斗场所,还是争取山区国家战斗的第三位参与者。本文通过分析内战独特战场中的环境与战争的交汇点,为环境内战研究的子领域做出了贡献。由于自然环境在西弗吉尼亚州的军事行动中所扮演的角色尚未受到学者的充分关注,因此本论文还有助于推动阿巴拉契亚内战的史学。地形,天气和疾病都是影响指挥决策并影响普通士兵经验的环境因素。双方都可以将自然景观变成自然的盟友,但联邦政府更擅长适应和克服自然环境。联盟的胜利使弗吉尼亚改组后的政府获得了无阻碍的进步,并最终形成了西弗吉尼亚州。

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  • 作者

    McMillan, John Martin.;

  • 作者单位

    Marshall University.;

  • 授予单位 Marshall University.;
  • 学科 American history.;Military history.
  • 学位 M.A.
  • 年度 2018
  • 页码 141 p.
  • 总页数 141
  • 原文格式 PDF
  • 正文语种 eng
  • 中图分类 植物学;
  • 关键词

  • 入库时间 2022-08-17 11:37:07

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