Yank and Rebel Rangers: Special Operations in the American Civil War

Insightful look at special operations in the American Civil War, written by a member of the US Army Ranger Hall of Fame and expert on all things Rangers.The American internal war of 1861-65 was not civil. Those fighting for the Union called it the “War of the Rebellion” while the Confederacy viewed it as the “War of Yankee Aggression” or the “Second War of Independence." Armies fought great, sweeping battles over vast distances and are well recorded – Antietam, Shiloh, Fredericksburg, Getty...