The War for the Common Soldier: How Men Thought, Fought, and Survived in Civil War Armies

by Peter S. Carmichael

Book Overview

How did Civil War soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence of army life during the conflict? This question is at the heart of Peter S. Carmichael's sweeping new study of men at war. 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 146964309X
• ISBN13: 9781469643090
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.3"