Battle : the nature and consequences of Civil War combat / edited by Kent Gramm.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gramm, Kent.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--Military life--History--19th century.

United States.

Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.

Confederate States of America.

Confederate States of America. Army.

United States. Army.

Battles--United States--History--19th century.

Battles.

Combat--History--19th century.

Combat.

Military art and science--United States--History--19th century.

Military art and science.

History.

Psychological aspects.

Soldiers.

Soldiers--United States--History--19th century.

Soldiers--Confederate States of America--History--19th century.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Medical care.

Medical care.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

Social aspects.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Psychological aspects.

Physical Description:

xi, 147 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2008]

Summary:

The first modern war fought with old-fashioned techniques

Contents:

Reflections on the culture of war / Paul Fussell

"It's all smoke and dust and noise" : the face of battle at Gettysburg / D. Scott Hartwig

Effects of battle : wounds, death, and medical care in the Civil War / Bruce A. Evans

"The awful shock and rage of battle" : rethinking the meaning and consequences of combat in the Civil War / Eric T. Dean

Civil War history and the myth of the lost cause : national consequences of Civil War battle / Alan T. Nolan

Numbers / Kent Gramm.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817316228

0817316221

9780817380557

0817380558

9780817354824

0817354824

OCLC:

181424044