Rebel Watchdog
Subtitle: The Confederate States Army Provost Guard
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: March 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 340
ISBN-13: 9780807121733
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; Land forces & warfare; Military History - U.S. Civil War; History; History - Military / War; History: American; USA; United States - Civil War; Historical - U.S.; Military - General; Military - Other
First sentence: Although the Confederate provost system was initially designed to maintain military discipline in the very large armies the South raised, eventually it assumed a degree of control over civil life unique in American history.