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A 17 page paper which examines the history of guerrilla warfare and assesses the dramatic impact it had on the U.S. Civil War (1861-1865), along with a consideration of some of its most effective practitioners (William Clarke Quantrill, ‘Bloody Bill’ Campbell, John Singleton Mosby, and J.J. Dickison). Bibliography lists 16 sources.
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Americas physical and intellectual landscape because of the partisan sympathies that were in place from the nations founding. These partisan sentiments continued to exert a powerful influence over how
the Civil War was conducted. In retrospect, this in understandable because as a unit, American colonists had fought together as partisans and emerged victorious over the British.1 Like
little David slaying the formidable Goliath, Americans have the idealistic notion that individuals will always persevere, and partisan attitudes emphasize this kind of us versus them mentality that took root
among the rebels of the Southern Confederacy. In the first century of the Union, local or regional loyalties always reigned supreme, and guerrilla warfare manipulated these primitive passions that
were veiled under a mask of individualism. Every man that responded to the call to go to war had a personal stake in the outcome. The partisan influence,
therefore, made the cause more tangible. The term guerrilla can actually be translated to mean small war.2 But the true definition is found in its interpretation, which transcends any
time period, prevailing ideology, or culture.3 Guerrilla warfare involves a set of aggressive tactics that forces the enemy to take a defensive stance. This is hardly a recent
invention, but actually manifested itself some half-century before the birth of Jesus Christ. Darius I was thwarted in his efforts to conquer the Scythians by the sporadic defense of
their homeland.4 More than 300 years later, the Old Testament Book of Daniel and books of the Maccabees detail a revolt led by Judas Maccabeus against the Syrians, which
was based upon nocturnal village attacks and forcing the attackers into retreat, which resulted in a mutually beneficial treaty in 158 B.C.5
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