The vacant chair : the Northern soldier leaves home / Reid Mitchell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mitchell, Reid.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Army--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

United States.

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

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (240p. ) illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, 1993.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Drawing on letters, diaries, and memoirs to show how ideas of home and family shaped the Union soldier's attitudes toward the Civil War, an analysis reveals that war was often viewed as a rite of passage to manhood. Reprint. NYT. UP.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Introduction: "Other Mothers' Boys": Domestic Imagery and the Northern Soldier

1. Soldiering, Manhood, and Coming of Age

2. The Northern Soldier and His Community

3. "The Boys": The Problem of Authority

4. "Mysterious Race of Grown Up Children

5. Men Without Women: The Need for Femininity in a Masculine World

6. She Devils

7. Faith in Our Fathers: Authority and Reconciliation

8. "Going Home

Afterword: The Soldiers' War: The Junction of Social History and Military History

Notes

Index

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W.

Notes:

"First issued as an Oxford University Press paperback, 1995"--T.p. verso.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-992355-8

0-19-993819-9

OCLC:

930260687