Mississippi - State & Local History, Confederate States of America - Regimental Histories, Armed Forces - United States - Regimental Histories - General & Miscellaneous, Confederate States of America - State & Local History
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Overview
Not strictly a military history, Ben Wynne examines in this book the social components of Confederate service in the context of the experiences of a single regiment. Wynne begins with a general overview of the political climate of the 1850s, localized to the region that produced the 15th Mississippi, then covers the regiment's movements through the western theater, and ends with a localized treatment of the post-war social climate and the rise of Lost Cause mythology. The emphasis in this approach to the Civil War focuses on the experiences of the men who served in the regiment, including their intrinsic connection to their communities, reasons that they enlisted, reactions to their first combat, views on conscription, accounts of major battles in the western theater, the ebb and flow of morale, desertion, and the post-war status of the men as heroes in a culture struggling to rationalize defeat.Book Details
Published
June 1, 2003
Publisher
Macon, Ga. : Mercer University Press, c2003.
Pages
194
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780865548060