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Inglorious Passages : Noncombat Deaths in the American Civil War /
Of the hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died in the Civil War, two-thirds, by some estimates, were felled by disease; untold others were lost to accidents, murder, suicide, sunstroke, and drowning. Meanwhile thousands of civilians in both the north and south perished--in factories, while caught...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
[2017]
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: "This inglorious taking off"
- The first fatalities: death in the early days of the Civil War
- The battle in camp: death in the soldier encampments
- "The rhythm of the rails": fatalities in rail transportation
- Not fooling with Mother Nature: death from natural occurrences or "acts of God"
- Slipshod soldiering: fatal mounted accidents and deaths associated with animals and mascots
- Not so friendly fire: death at the hands of compatriots, by accident, in personal confrontations, or in affairs of honor
- "As neere to heaven by sea": fatalities on the high seas and inland water courses
- Industrial and storage mishaps: death from industrial or production-related accidents
- Collateral casualties: deaths of civilians
- Not cheating the hangman: deaths at the bar of justice, for desertion, or as prisoners of war
- Conclusion: "There is no glory in it"
- Appendix: Fatal accidents to troops from Indiana, 1861-1865.