The Gentlemen and the Roughs : Violence, Honor, and Manhood in the Union Army /
Foote, Lorien
The Gentlemen and the Roughs : Violence, Honor, and Manhood in the Union Army / Lorien Foote. - 1 online resource
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
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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 the internal dynamics of theUnion army."-Journal of the Civil War EraDuring the Civil War, the Unionarmy appeared cohesive enough to withstand four years of grueling war againstthe Confederates and to claim victory in 1865. But fractiousness bubbled belowthe surface of the North’s presumably united front. Internal fissures were rifewithin the Union army: class divisions, regional antagonisms, ideologicaldifferences, and conflicting personalities all distracted the army fromquelling the Southern rebellion. In this highly originalcontribution to Civil War and gender history, Lorien Foote reveals that these internalbattles were fought against the backdrop of manhood. Clashing ideals ofmanliness produced myriad conflicts, as when educated, refined, and wealthyofficers (“gentlemen”) found themselves commanding a hard-drinking group offighters (“roughs”)-a dynamic that often resulted in violence and even death. Basedon extensive research into heretofore ignored primary sources, The Gentlemen and the Roughs uncoversholes in our understanding of the men who fought the Civil War and the societythat produced them.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780814727904 9780814728581
Honor--History--United States--19th century.
Masculinity--History--United States--19th century.
Social classes--History--United States--19th century.
Social conflict--History--United States--19th century.
Soldiers--Social conditions--United States--19th century.
Violence--History--United States--19th century.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).
1865. Civil. Confederates. During. Gentlemen. Internal. Norths. Roughs. Southern. Union. War. against. antagonisms. army. armylike. below. booksThe. bubbled. claim. class. cohesive. conflicting. differences. distracted. divisions. enough. extensive. fissures. fought. four. fractiousness. from. front. grueling. heretofore. holes. ideological. ignored. into. order. personalities. presumably. primary. produced. quelling. rebellionBased. records. regimental. regional. research. rife. society. sourcescourts-martial. sprangappeared. surface. that. them. uncovers. understanding. united. victory. were. which. within. withstand. years.
E491 / .F66 2016
973.71
The Gentlemen and the Roughs : Violence, Honor, and Manhood in the Union Army / Lorien Foote. - 1 online resource
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
restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec
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 the internal dynamics of theUnion army."-Journal of the Civil War EraDuring the Civil War, the Unionarmy appeared cohesive enough to withstand four years of grueling war againstthe Confederates and to claim victory in 1865. But fractiousness bubbled belowthe surface of the North’s presumably united front. Internal fissures were rifewithin the Union army: class divisions, regional antagonisms, ideologicaldifferences, and conflicting personalities all distracted the army fromquelling the Southern rebellion. In this highly originalcontribution to Civil War and gender history, Lorien Foote reveals that these internalbattles were fought against the backdrop of manhood. Clashing ideals ofmanliness produced myriad conflicts, as when educated, refined, and wealthyofficers (“gentlemen”) found themselves commanding a hard-drinking group offighters (“roughs”)-a dynamic that often resulted in violence and even death. Basedon extensive research into heretofore ignored primary sources, The Gentlemen and the Roughs uncoversholes in our understanding of the men who fought the Civil War and the societythat produced them.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
In English.
9780814727904 9780814728581
Honor--History--United States--19th century.
Masculinity--History--United States--19th century.
Social classes--History--United States--19th century.
Social conflict--History--United States--19th century.
Soldiers--Social conditions--United States--19th century.
Violence--History--United States--19th century.
HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877).
1865. Civil. Confederates. During. Gentlemen. Internal. Norths. Roughs. Southern. Union. War. against. antagonisms. army. armylike. below. booksThe. bubbled. claim. class. cohesive. conflicting. differences. distracted. divisions. enough. extensive. fissures. fought. four. fractiousness. from. front. grueling. heretofore. holes. ideological. ignored. into. order. personalities. presumably. primary. produced. quelling. rebellionBased. records. regimental. regional. research. rife. society. sourcescourts-martial. sprangappeared. surface. that. them. uncovers. understanding. united. victory. were. which. within. withstand. years.
E491 / .F66 2016
973.71