leftyhunter
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- May 27, 2011
- Location
- los angeles ca
As we know from various threads such has "Union vs CSA Guerrillas" and the Home guards" both sides engaged in guerrilla was We know it warfare and both sides encouraged it against the other. We know their was Unionist Guerrilla activity in all 11 Confederate states plus parts of Ky when it was occupied by the CSA.
We know their was significant CSA guerrilla activity in Mo, Ky and Wv. Their was significant CSA guerrilla warfare behind Union lines in Southern states.
Yes the ACW was won on the conventional battle field but quite a few troops on both sides where diverted to Counter Guerrilla or in modern terms Counter -Insurgency warfare. Thousands of men on both sides served in various home guard or militia units to counter guerrillas and free lance bandits.
This thread will attempt to answer certain questions and other posters can add more.
1. what is a reasonably rough estimate of how many soldiers were sent on counter guerrilla activity on each side in each state during what time period?
2. What techniques where used by each side?
3. What major mistakes where made by each side and how where they corrected or not?
4. What units here successful and why ?
5. What major success did the guerrillas have in terms of diverting men from the other side to fight them instead of being used for conventional operations.
6. Human rights violations by both sides?
7. Which side suffered the most from guerrilla warfare or which side suffered the most loss's in diverting manpower, losing supplies and territory?
8. Was the counter guerrilla war in Missouri different or more or less equivalent
For our purposes a guerrilla is defined by a person not enlisted in a conventional military and is not in uniform while conducting military operations. A guerrilla may indeed forage from local hostile populations but he or she does fight conventional troops and militas when it is possible to do so and supplies information to conventional forces. Since they are not part of a conventional armed force either side per international law can execute them upon capture.
Conventional cavalry units that raid behind enemy lines but are in uniform do not count as guerrillas. Guerrillas live and fight in a fairly small area usually close to home. They are not paid by either side but may receive weapons.
Please try to use sourced information.
Thanks
Leftyhunter
We know their was significant CSA guerrilla activity in Mo, Ky and Wv. Their was significant CSA guerrilla warfare behind Union lines in Southern states.
Yes the ACW was won on the conventional battle field but quite a few troops on both sides where diverted to Counter Guerrilla or in modern terms Counter -Insurgency warfare. Thousands of men on both sides served in various home guard or militia units to counter guerrillas and free lance bandits.
This thread will attempt to answer certain questions and other posters can add more.
1. what is a reasonably rough estimate of how many soldiers were sent on counter guerrilla activity on each side in each state during what time period?
2. What techniques where used by each side?
3. What major mistakes where made by each side and how where they corrected or not?
4. What units here successful and why ?
5. What major success did the guerrillas have in terms of diverting men from the other side to fight them instead of being used for conventional operations.
6. Human rights violations by both sides?
7. Which side suffered the most from guerrilla warfare or which side suffered the most loss's in diverting manpower, losing supplies and territory?
8. Was the counter guerrilla war in Missouri different or more or less equivalent
For our purposes a guerrilla is defined by a person not enlisted in a conventional military and is not in uniform while conducting military operations. A guerrilla may indeed forage from local hostile populations but he or she does fight conventional troops and militas when it is possible to do so and supplies information to conventional forces. Since they are not part of a conventional armed force either side per international law can execute them upon capture.
Conventional cavalry units that raid behind enemy lines but are in uniform do not count as guerrillas. Guerrillas live and fight in a fairly small area usually close to home. They are not paid by either side but may receive weapons.
Please try to use sourced information.
Thanks
Leftyhunter