Embattled Courage
Subtitle: The Experience of Combat in the American Civil War
Publisher: Free Press
Published: April 17, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780029197615
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Civil war; Military life & institutions; c 1800 to c 1900; Moral and ethical aspects; History; History - Military / War; Military - United States; USA; Psychological aspects; United States - Civil War; History / General; Courage; Civil War, 1861-1865; Combat; United States
First sentence: A young private of the Richmond Howitzers, Carlton McCarthy, recognized immediately how the soldier was expected to bear himself in the Civil War: "In a thousand ways he is tried . . . every quality is put to the test.