Lt. Spalding in Civil War Louisiana : A Union Officer's Humor, Privilege, and Ambition /

In July of 1862, Union Lieutenant Stephen Spalding wrote a long letter from his post in Algiers, Louisiana, to his former college roommate. Equally fascinating and unsettling for modern readers, the comic cynicism of the young soldier's correspondence offers an unusually candid and intimate acc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pierson, Michael D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2016]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Spalding, Stephen F., > 1840-1863.
United States. > Army. > Vermont Infantry Regiment, 8th (1861-1865)
Soldiers.
Military campaigns.
Soldiers > Vermont > Biography.
Vermont.
United States.
Louisiana > Port Hudson.
Louisiana.
Louisiane > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Campagnes et batailles.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Campagnes et batailles.
Port Hudson (La.) > History > Siege, 1863.
Louisiana > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Spalding's letter
  • Promotion and self-promotion: Spalding and the Seventh New York State Militia
  • Racial hierarchy: Spalding and Jim
  • Masculinity: Spalding's Fourth of July
  • Rank and insubordination: Spalding and the awkward court-martial
  • Facing death: Spalding and the unfunny joke
  • Spalding's premonition
  • Conclusion: Spalding and the other letters.

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