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EBOOK Vacant Chair:The Northern Soldier Leaves Home
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Wydawnictwo: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780199938193
EAN: A188084AEB
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Stron: 240
Data wydania: 1993
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In many ways, the Northern soldier in the Civil War fought as if he had never left        home. On campsites and battlefields, the Union volunteer adapted to military life        with attitudes shaped by networks of family relationships, in units of men from the        same hometown. Understanding these links between the homes the troops left behind        and the war they had to fight, writes Reid Mitchell, offers critical insight into        how they thought, fought, and persevered through four bloody years of combat.In The        Vacant Chair, Mitchell draws on the letters, diaries, and memoirs of common soldiers        to show how mid-nineteenth-century ideas and images of the home and family shaped        the union soldier's approach to everything from military discipline to battlefield        bravery. For hundreds of thousands of "e;boys,"e; as they called themselves, the Union        army was an extension of their home and childhood experiences. Many experienced the        war as a coming-of-age rite, a test of such manly virtues as self-control,        endurance, and courage. They served in companies recruited from the same        communities, and they wrote letters reporting on each other's performance--conscious        that their own behavior in the army would affect their reputations back home. So,        too, were they deeply affected by letters from their families, as wives and mothers        complained of suffering or demanded greater valor. Mitchell also shows how this        hometown basis for volunteer units eroded respect for military rank, as men served        with officers they saw as equals: "e;Lieut Col Dewey introduced Hugh T Reid,"e; one        sergeant wrote dryly, "e;by saying, 'Boys, behold your colonel,' and we _beheld_ him."e;        In return, officers usually adopted paternalist attitudes toward their        "e;boys"e;--especially in the case of white officers commanding black soldiers. Mitchell        goes on to look at the role of women in the soldiers' experiences, from the feminine        center of their own households to their hatred of Confederate women as        "e;she-devils."e;The intimate relations and inner life of the Union soldier, the author        writes, tell us much about how and why he kept fighting through four bloody        years--and why demoralization struck the Confederate soldier as the war penetrated        the South, threatening his home and family while he was at the front. "e;The Northern        soldier did not simply experience the war as a husband, son, father, or brother--he        fought that way as well,"e; he writes. "e;That was part of his strength. The Confederate        soldier fought the war the same way, and, in the end, that proved part of his        weakness."e; The Vacant Chair uncovers this critical chapter in the Civil War        experience, showing how the Union soldier saw--and won--our most costly        conflict.

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