Veterans, United States Civil War - Social Aspects, United States Civil War - Resolution & Aftermath, Confederate States of America - Armed Forces, Union - Armed Forces - Civil War History
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An immense Civil War literature has paid surprisingly little attention to the experiences of the common soldier, North and South, and to the varied impact of his military service on American society. In To Appomattox and Beyond, Larry M. Logue explores this subject in a compact synthesis that draws on important new research. Mr. Logue wants to know which social groups composed the military forces; what happened to the men in battle; how the public and the home front regarded them; how the war changed the rest of their lives; and in what ways they were like and different from their counterparts across the Mason-Dixon line. His conclusions are often surprising - for instance, about the psychological impact of warfare and how it affected the emotional restraint of Union soldiers and the free impulses of the Confederates. Or how Union veterans generally failed when they tried to translate wartime comradeship into peacetime organizations, while Southerners were able to rekindle the solidarity of the war years in the Ku Klux Klan.Editorials
The Washington Post
An orderly, useful account of up-to-date scholarship . . . easily digestible.— Jonathan Yardley
Historian
A spirited synthesis of the burgeoning historiography of the U.S. Civil War soldier.Jonathan Yardley
An orderly, useful account of up-to-date scholarship...easily digestible.— The Washington Post
Jason H. Silverman
Logue forces us to think about the Civil War in terms that transcend the war itself...a readable, edifying volume. Journal of Southern HistoryPublishers Weekly -
Logue, professor of history at Mississippi College, has written a stimulating, brief introduction to Civil War soldiers' motivations and behaviors during and after the conflict that defined their lives. Drawing on a broad spectrum of specialized monographs, Logue argues that enlistment on both sides was encouraged by idealism, desire to prove one's masculinity, and commitment to preserving a way of life. Beginning as individualists, Union and Confederate soldiers alike developed a profound appreciation of solidarity: common experiences created bonds. These ties were revived in the postwar South by a commitment to restoring white supremacy, in the North by a concern for pensions. Although both campaigns were successful, in the long run the broad-gauged nature of their program gave Confederate veterans far more influence than ex-Union soldiers. Of most interest to social historians. (Nov.)Library Journal
Logue (history, Mississippi Coll.) offers an evenhanded introduction to the impact of America's Civil War on those who fought. He balances a conventional interpretation of their wartime experience with a distinctly progressive analysis of the effects of the conflict on the surviving combatants and their postwar lives. He deftly reveals the schism between the veterans, whose sporadic political efforts to secure pensions and benefits presaged today's politial action committees, and a society that honored their sacrifice but only grudgingly funded America's first "social security" system. Logue's work includes an excellent bibliographic essay. Suitable for public and academic libraries.-Lawrence E. Ellis, Newberry Coll., S.C.Booknews
A dozen essays, three in Spanish, explore the resurging literature of one of the submerged nations of modern Europe. They range from general surveys of modern Catalan poetry to studies of specific poets, poems, novels, and modern folktales. They also discuss women writers and stylistic relationships between writers. Includes translations of two new collections by poets Olga Xirinacs and Miquel Marti i Pol. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Book Details
Published
September 1, 1995
Publisher
Chicago : I.R. Dee, c1996.
Pages
183
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9781566630931