The war for the common soldier : how men thought, fought, and survived in Civil War armies / Peter S. Carmichael.

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"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 b...

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Uniform Title:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
Main Author: Carmichael, Peter S. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Series:Littlefield history of the Civil War era.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Military life.
Confederate States of America. > Army > Military life.
Confederate States of America. > Army.
United States. > Army.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Armed Forces > Military life.
United States.
1861-1865
History.
Personal narratives.
Genre:
Personal narratives.
History.
Physical Description:392 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
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Summary:
"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"-- Provided by publisher.
Call Number:E607 .C26 2018
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 357-379) and index.
ISBN:9781469643090
146964309X