The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought, and Survived in Civil War Armies (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era)

by Peter S. Carmichael

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How did Civil War soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence of army life during the conflict? This question is at the heart of Peter S. Carmichael's sweeping new study of men at war. 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. Carmichael focuses not on what soldiers thought but rather...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781469643090
  • Publish Date 6 December 2018
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 12 March 2021
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint The University of North Carolina Press
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 400
  • Language English