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The Union Soldier in Battle : Enduring the Ordeal of Combat /

"Drawing extensively upon the letters, diaries, and memoirs of Northern soldiers, Hess reveals their deepest fears and shocks, and also their sources of inner strength. By identifying recurrent themes found in these accounts, Hess constructs a multilayered view of the many ways in which these m...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hess, Earl J.
Corporate Author: Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, 1997.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"Drawing extensively upon the letters, diaries, and memoirs of Northern soldiers, Hess reveals their deepest fears and shocks, and also their sources of inner strength. By identifying recurrent themes found in these accounts, Hess constructs a multilayered view of the many ways in which these men coped with the challenges of battle."--Jacket.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages): illustrations ;
ISBN:9780700634378