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

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

During the Civil War, the Union army--like the society from which it sprang--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 fissu...

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Main Author: Foote, Lorien
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : NYU Press, 2010.
Subjects:
United States. > Army > Military life > History > 19th century.
United States. > Army
1800-1899
Soldiers > United States > Social conditions > 19th century.
Social classes > United States > History > 19th century.
Social conflict > United States > History > 19th century.
Violence > United States > History > 19th century.
Honor > United States > History > 19th century.
Masculinity > United States > History > 19th century.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Armed Forces > Military life
Honor
Masculinity
Social aspects
Social classes
Social conflict
Soldiers > Social conditions
Violence
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Contested Terms of Manhood; 1 "A Good Moral Regiment": Conduct Unbecoming a Gentleman; 2 "The Model of the Gentleman": Gentility and Self-Control; 3 "A Regular Old-Fashioned Free Fight": Physical Prowess and Honor; 4 "If You Will Go with Me outside the Lines": Dueling and the Degenerate Affair of Honor; 5 "The Thick-Fingered Clowns": Social Status and Discipline; 6 "The Shoulder-Strap Gentry": Officers, Privates, and Equal Manhood; Conclusion: The War for Manhood; Appendix: Note on Method and Sources; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G.
  • HI; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; About the Author.

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