The Gentlemen and the Roughs : : Violence, Honor, and Manhood in the Union Army / / Lorien Foote.

Finalist for the 2011 GilderLehrman Lincoln Prize"A seminal work. . . . One ofthe best examples of new, sophisticated scholarship on the social history ofCivil War soldiers."-The Journal of Southern History“Will undoubtedly, and properly, beread as the latest word on the role of manhood in...

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Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2010]
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Year of Publication:2010
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. “A Good Moral Regiment”
  • 2. “The Model of the Gentleman”
  • 3. “A Regular Old-Fashioned Free Fight”
  • 4. “If You Will Go with Me outside the Lines”
  • 5. “The Thick-Fingered Clowns”
  • 6. “The Shoulder-Strap Gentry”
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author