Battle
Subtitle: the nature and consequences of Civil War combat
By: edited by Kent Gramm.
Contributors: Gramm, Kent.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Tuscaloosa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
ISBN-13: 9780817316228; 9780817380557; 9780817354824
Subjects: United States. -- Army -- Military life -- History -- 19th century; Confederate States of America. -- Army -- Military life; Battles -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Combat -- History -- 19th century; Military art and science -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Soldiers -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Medical care; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Reflections on the culture of war / Paul Fussell; title: "It's all smoke and dust and noise" : the face of battle at Gettysburg / D. Scott Hartwig; title: Effects of battle : wounds, death, and medical care in the Civil War / Bruce A. Evans; title: "The awful shock and rage of battle" : rethinking the meaning and consequences of combat in the Civil War / Eric T. Dean; title: Civil War history and the myth of the lost cause : national consequences of Civil War battle / Alan T. Nolan; title: Numbers / Kent Gramm.