Life of Johnny Reb
The Common Soldier of the Confederacy
1st Edition
Published on 1. January 2008
480 pages
978-0-8071-5603-2 (ISBN)
Description
In this companion to The Life of Johnny Reb, Bell Irvin Wiley explores the daily lives of the men in blue who fought to save the Union. With the help of many soldiers' letters and diaries, Wiley explains who these men were and why they fought, how they reacted to combat and the strain of prolonged conflict, and what they thought about the land and the people of Dixie. This fascinating social history reveals that while the Yanks and the Rebs fought for very different causes, the men on both sides were very much the same. "e,This wonderfully interesting book is the finest memorial the Union soldier is ever likely to have.... [Wiley] has written about the Northern troops with an admirable objectivity, with sympathy and understanding and profound respect for their fighting abilities. He has also written about them with fabulous learning and considerable pace and humor.
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Content
- COVER
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
- PREFACE
- I: OFF TO THE WAR
- II: BAPTISM OF FIRE
- III: BESETTING SINS
- IV: IN WINTER QUARTERS
- V: HEROES AND COWARDS
- VI: BAD BEEF AND CORNBREAD
- VII: FROM FINERY TO TATTERS
- VIII: TRIALS OF SOUL
- IX: BREAKING THE MONOTONY
- X: CONSOLATIONS OF THE SPIRIT
- XI: DEAR FOLKS
- XII: KICKING OVER THE TRACES
- XIII: THE DEADLIEST FOE
- XIV: THE GENTLER SENTIMENTS
- XV: MUZZLE LOADERS AND MAKESHIFTS
- XVI: BLUE BELLIES AND BELOVED ENEMIES
- XVII: WHAT MANNER OF MEN
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- NOTES
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
- INDEX
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
