The smell of battle, the taste of siege [electronic resource] : a sensory history of the Civil War / Mark M. Smith.
"Historical accounts of major events have almost always relied upon what those who were there witnessed. Nowhere is this truer than in the nerve-shattering chaos of warfare, where sight seems to confer objective truth and acts as the basis of reconstruction. In The Smell of Battle, The Taste of Sieg...
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
2015.
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The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege: A Sensory History of the Civil War |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
Contents:
- The sounds of secession
- Eying First Bull Run
- Cornelia Hancock's sense of smell
- Hollowing out Vicksburg
- The Hunley's impact
- Epilogue: Experiencing total war.