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Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865
by Eugene McCarthy Price: $12.95ISBN: 0803281978 ISBN-13: 9780803281974 Data published: 1993 Publisher: Bison Books All Customer Reviews Read more |
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Description of the Book: Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865
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This Civil War classic of soldiering in the ranks debunks all the romantic notions of war. Like his Northern counterpart, the Confederate soldier fought against bullets, starvation, miserable weather, disease, and mental strain. But the experience was perhaps even worse for Johnny Reb because of the odds against him. Never as well equipped and provisioned as the Yankee, he nevertheless performed heroically. Carlton McCarthy, a private in the Army of Northern Virginia, describes the not-always-regular rations, various improvisations in clothing and weaponry, campfire entertainments, the jaunty spirits and the endless maneuvering of the men in gray. Real but forgotten faces are glimpsed momentarily in famous battles, and the tramp of feet on the way to Appomattox is heard. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life does for the Confederate side what John Billings’s Hardtack and Coffee, also a Bison Book, does for the Northern. David Donald wrote in the New York Herald Tribune that McCarthy’s book, too, was "as fresh, as amusing, and as revealing" as the day it was first published in 1882. In a new introduction Brian S. Wills considers the book’s niche in Civil War literature.
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Details of the Book: Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865Author: Eugene McCarthy Number Of Pages: 244 Binding: Paperback ISBN-10: 0807847224 ISBN-13: 9780803281974 Language: English Amazon Sales Rank: 833226 Publication Date: 1993 Publisher: Bison Books Package Dimensions: 0.61 x 8.00 x 5.29 inches |
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