Flora and fauna of the Civil War
Subtitle: an environmental reference guide
By: Kelby Ouchley.
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
ISBN-13: 9780807136881
Subjects: Ecology -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Natural history -- Middle Atlantic States; Natural history -- Southern States; Animals -- Middle Atlantic States -- History -- 19th century; Animals -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; Plants -- Middle Atlantic States -- History -- 19th century; Plants -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Environmental aspects; Middle Atlantic States -- Environmental conditions; Southern States -- Environmental conditions
Description: "After discussing the physical setting of the war and exploring humans' attitudes toward nature during the Civil War period, Ouchley presents the flora and fauna by individual species or closely related group in the words of the participants themselves. From ash trees to willows, from alligators to white-tailed deer, the excerpts provide glimpses of personal encounters with the natural world during the war, revealing how soldiers and civilians thought about and interacted with wild flora and fauna in a time of epic historical events"--Dust jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Civil War setting; title: pt. 1. Flora; title: Ash; title: Baldcypress; title: Beech; title: Blackberry; title: Cane; title: Chestnut and chinquapin; title: Cinchona; title: Cottonwood; title: Dogwood; title: Elm; title: Grape; title: Herbs; title: Huckleberry; title: Juniper; title: Locust; title: Magnolia; title: Maple; title: Mistletoe; title: Mulberry; title: Oak; title: Palmetto; title: Persimmon; title: Pine; title: Sassafras; title: Spanish moss; title: Sumac; title: Sweetgum; title: Sycamore; title: Walnut, hickory, and pecan; title: Willow; title: pt. 2.  Fauna; title: Alligator; title: Bats; title: Bears; title: Birds; title: Body lice, ticks, and harvest mites; title: Dolphins, porpoises, and whales; title: Fish; title: Flies and mosquitoes; title: Frogs; title: Honeybee; title: Lizards; title: Mollusks; title: Opossum; title: Oysters; title: Rabbits; title: Rats; title: Snakes; title: Squirrels; title: Turtles; title: Miscellaneous invertebrates; title: Miscellaneous mammals; title: Afterword: Impacts.