02845nam 2200589 450 991082540340332120230126205419.00-19-932263-50-19-065852-50-19-932262-7(CKB)2550000001346731(EBL)1776239(SSID)ssj0001333793(PQKBManifestationID)12490614(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001333793(PQKBWorkID)11392108(PQKB)11443221(MiAaPQ)EBC1776239(Au-PeEL)EBL1776239(CaPaEBR)ebr10922416(CaONFJC)MIL640221(OCoLC)889812847(EXLCZ)99255000000134673120140912h20152015 uy 0engurn||---|||||txtccrThe smell of battle, the taste of siege a sensory history of the Civil War /Mark M. SmithNew York, New York :Oxford University Press,2015.©20151 online resource (217 p.)Includes index.0-19-975998-7 1-322-08970-1 Cover; The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures and Maps; Introduction; Chapter One The Sounds of Secession; Chapter Two Eyeing First Bull Run; Chapter Three Cornelia Hancock's Sense of Smell; Chapter Four The Hollowing of Vicksburg; Chapter Five The Hunley's Impact; Epilogue: Experiencing Total War; Acknowledgments; Note on Sources; Notes; IndexHistorical accounts of major events have almost always relied upon what those who were there witnessed. Nowhere is this truer than in the nerve-shattering chaos of warfare, where sight seems to confer objective truth and acts as the basis of reconstruction. In The Smell of Battle, the Taste of Siege, historian Mark M. Smith considers how all five senses, including sight, shaped the experience of the Civil War and thus its memory, exploring its full sensory impact on everyone from the soldiers on the field to the civilians waiting at home. From the eardrum-shattering barrage of shells announcinSenses and sensationUnited StatesHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Psychological aspectsUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narrativesSenses and sensationHistory973.7/1Smith Mark M(Mark Michael),1968-1616809MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825403403321The smell of battle, the taste of siege3947721UNINA