Battle - 9780817316228

BattleThe Nature and Consequences of Civil War Combat\nAuthor(s): Kent Gramm, Alan Nolan, Paul Fussell, Bruce Evans\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: The University of Alabama Press, United States\nImprint: The University of Alabama Press\nISBN-13: 9780817316228, 978-0817316228\nSynopsis\nRomanticism is as rife in Civil War history as any other and may produce more than its share of drums and trumpets writing that glosses over the fear, pain, and death that are inevitable components of all warfare. The essays that make up this collection seek to act as corrective to such celebratory history by carefully examining some of the unpleasant realities that marked combat in the Civil War - when industrial and technological warfare came of age, at a time when medical care, sanitation, diet, and other modern adaptations to industry were still in their infancy. In addition to an introduction, an afterword, and an essay on the 'Numbers' by editor Gramm, Paul Fussell contributes a powerful essay on .