Title: The war for the common soldier : how men thought, fought, and survived in Civil War armies /
Authors: Carmichael, Peter S.,
Year: 2018
Subjects: United States. Military life.; Confederate States of America. Military life.; Confederate States of America.; United States.; Armed Forces Military life; United States History Personal narratives.; United States
Abstract: "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"--
Contents: 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.