The gentlemen and the roughs
Subtitle: violence, honor, and manhood in the Union Army
By: Lorien Foote.
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
ISBN-13: 9780814727904; 9780814727959
Subjects: United States. -- Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; United States. -- Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century; Soldiers -- United States -- Social conditions -- 19th century; Social classes -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Social conflict -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Violence -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Honor -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Masculinity -- United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: The contested terms of manhood; title: "A good moral regiment" : conduct unbecoming a gentleman; title: "The model of the gentleman" : gentility and self-control; title: "A regular old-fashioned free fight" : physical prowess and honor; title: "If you will go with me outside the lines" : dueling and the degenerate affair of honor; title: "The thick-fingered clowns" : social status and discipline; title: "The shoulder-strap gentry" : officers, privates, and equal manhood; title: Conclusion: The war for manhood; title: Appendix.