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The Gentlemen and the Roughs
2010
Overview
pFinalist for the 2011 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize \"A seminal work. . . . One of the best examples of new, sophisticated scholarship on the social history of Civil War soldiers.\" -The Journal of Southern History \"Will undoubtedly, and properly, be read as the latest word on the role of manhood in the internal dynamics of the Union army.\" -Journal of the Civil War Era During the Civil War, the Union army appeared cohesive enough to withstand four years of grueling war against the Confederates and to claim victory in 1865. But fractiousness bubbled below the surface of the North's presumably united front. Internal fissures were rife within the Union army: class divisions, regional antagonisms, ideological differences, and conflicting personalities all distracted the army from quelling the Southern rebellion. In this highly original contribution to Civil War and gender history, Lorien Foote reveals that these internal battles were fought against the backdrop of manhood. Clashing ideals of manliness produced myriad conflicts, as when educated, refined, and wealthy officers (\"gentlemen\") found themselves commanding a hard-drinking group of fighters (\"roughs\")-a dynamic that often resulted in violence and even death. Based on extensive research into heretofore ignored primary sources, The Gentlemen and the Roughs uncovers holes in our understanding of the men who fought the Civil War and the society that produced them./p
Publisher
NYU Press,New York University Press
Subject
/ Civil War Period (1850-1877)
/ HISTORY
/ Honor
/ Honor-United States-History-19th century
/ Masculinity-United States-History-19th century
/ Military
/ Other
/ Social classes-United States-History-19th century
/ Social conflict-United States-History-19th century
/ Soldiers
/ Soldiers-United States-Social conditions-19th century
/ United States-History-Civil War, 1861-1865-Social aspects
/ United States.-Army-History-Civil War, 1861-1865
/ United States.-Army-Military life-History-19th century
/ Violence
ISBN
9780814727904, 0814727905, 9780814727959, 0814727956
