In many cases, civilians fought against civilians or civilians fought against opposing enemy troops. Few participants wore uniforms or were formally mustered into the actual armies. Bushwhacking, murder, assault, and terrorism were characteristics of this kind of fighting. It was frequent for residents of one part of a single county to take up arms against their counterparts in the rest of the vicinity. It was marked by a vicious quality of neighbors fighting each other as other grudges got settled. In general during the American Civil War, this type of irregular warfare was conducted in the hinterland of the border states ( Missouri, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, and northwestern Virginia / West Virginia). The concept of a 'people's war,' first described by Clausewitz in his classic treatise On War, was the closest example of a mass guerrilla movement in the 19th century. Each had distinct characteristics that were common practice during the war. Structurally, they can be divided into three different types of operations: the so-called 'people's war', 'partisan warfare', and 'raiding warfare'. Guerrilla warfare in the American Civil War followed the same general patterns of irregular warfare conducted in 19th century Europe.
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