The war for the common soldier : how men thought, fought, and survived in Civil War armies

Summary: "Based on close examination of the letters and records left behind by individual soldiers from both the North and the South, Carmichael explores the totality of the Civil War experience--the marching, the fighting, the boredom, the idealism, the exhaustion, the punishments, and the frustrations of being away from families who often faced their own dire circumstances"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9781469643090
ISBN: 146964309X
ISBN: 9781469643106
Physical Description: print
392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Copyright: ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-379) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Comrades, camp, and community -- Providence and cheerfulness -- Writing home -- Courage and cowardice -- Desertion and military justice -- Facing the enemy and confronting defeat -- The trophies of victory and the relics of defeat.