Suffering in the Army of Tennessee - 9781621906322

Suffering in the Army of TennesseeA Social History of the Confederate Army of the Heartland from the Battles for Atlanta to the Retreat from Nashville\nAuthor(s): Christopher Thrasher\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of Tennessee Press, United States\nImprint: University of Tennessee Press\nISBN-13: 9781621906322, 978-1621906322\nSynopsis\nConfederate historiography of the Civil War is rich with stories of leaders and decision makers-oft-repeated names immortalized by their association with America's great trial of the 1860s. But while scholarship exploring the roles of Confederate generals and politicians abounds, a major part of the story remains untold: that of the ordinary people who became soldiers and turned the very pages of Civil War history.\n\nPart of the Voices of the Civil War series,Suffering in the Army of Tennesseedoesn't just draw upon one single diary or letter collection, and it does not use brief quotations as a way to fill out a larger narrative. Rather, a.