Suffering in the Army of Tennessee (eBook)

A Social History of the Confederate Army of the Heartland from the Battles for Atlanta to the Retreat from Nashville

Christopher Thrasher (Autor)

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2023 | 1
404 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-633-9 (ISBN)

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Winner of the 2022 Douglas Southall Freeman Award! Confederate historiography of the Civil War is rich with stories of leaders and decision makersoft-repeated names immortalized by their association with America's great trial of the 1860s. But while scholarship exploring the roles of Confederate generals and politicians abounds, a major part of the story remains untold: that of the ordinary people who became soldiers and turned the very pages of Civil War history. Part of the Voices of the Civil War series,Suffering in the Army of Tennesseedoesn't just draw upon one single diary or letter collection, and it does not use brief quotations as a way to fill out a larger narrative. Rather, across eight chapters spanning the Atlanta Campaign to the Battle of Nashville in 1864, Thrasher draws upon a remarkably broad set of primary sourcesnewspapers, manuscripts, archives, diaries, and official documentsto tell a story that knits together accounts of senior officers, the final campaigns of the Western Theater, and the experiences of the civilians and rebel soldiers who found themselves deep in the trenches of a national reckoning. While volumes have been written on the Atlanta Campaign or the Battles of Nashville and Franklin, no previous historian has constructed what amounts to a sweeping social history of the Army of Tennesseethe daily details of soldiering and the toll it took on the men and boys who mustered into service foreseeing only a small skirmish among the states. While this volume will appeal to Civil War buffs and military history scholars, its accessible structure and engaging narrative style will likewise captivate American history enthusiasts, students, and general readers.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 18.8.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Voices of the Civil War
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: 2022 Douglas Southall Freeman Award • accessible history • Alabama • American Civil War • American History • Amy of the Tennessee • archives • Army of Tennessee • Atlanta Campaign • battle experiences • Battle of Atlanta • Battle of Chattanooga • Battle of Franklin • Battle of Kennesaw Mountain • Battle of Nashville • Cassville • civilian accounts • Civilian life during war • Civil War narratives • confederate army • Diaries • engaging storytelling • general audience • General William Tecumseh Sherman • historical reckoning. • John Bell Hood • Letters • Manuscripts • military experiences • Military history scholarship • Newspapers • ordinary soldiers • Primary Sources • Resaca • Social History • soldiering daily life • student readers • sweeping narrative • Tennessee • union army • western theater
• ISBN-10: 1-62190-633-7 / 1621906337
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62190-633-9 / 9781621906339