Hood's Texas Brigade: The Soldiers and Families of the Confederacy's Most Celebrated Unit

Hood's Texas Brigade: The Soldiers and Families of the Confederacy's Most Celebrated Unit
ISBN-10
0807167606
ISBN-13
9780807167601
Category
History
Pages
384
Language
English
Published
2017-11-13
Publisher
LSU Press
Author
Susannah J. Ural

Description

The Texas Brigade of the Army of Northern Virginia was one of the best units to fight on either side in the American Civil War. Three factors made that success possible: their strong self-identity as Confederates, the mutual respect shared between the brigade's junior officers and their men, and a constant desire to maintain their reputation not just as Texans, but also as the best soldiers in Robert E. Lee's army and all the Confederacy. Hood's Texas Brigade is a study of the soldiers and families of this elite unit that challenges key historical arguments about soldier motivation, volunteerism and desertion, home front morale, and veterans' postwar adjustment.

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