Soldiering in the Army of Northern Virginia [[electronic resource] ] : a statistical portrait of the troops who served under Robert E. Lee / / Joseph T. Glatthaar

• Autore: Glatthaar Joseph T. <1956->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (232 p.)
• Disciplina: 973.7/42
• Soggetto topico: Soldiers - Confederate States of America; Soldiers - Confederate States of America - Social conditions
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: The army -- The infantry -- The cavalry -- The artillery -- Northern- and foreign-born soldiers -- Upper and lower south -- Officers and enlisted men -- Year of enlistment -- Age -- Marriage and fatherhood -- Economic class -- Slaveholding.
• Sommario/riassunto: In this sophisticated quantitative study, Joseph T. Glatthaar provides a comprehensive narrative and statistical analysis of many key aspects of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Serving as a companion to Glatthaar's General Lee's Army: From Victory to Collapse, this book presents Glatthaar's supporting data and major conclusions in extensive and extraordinary detail.While gathering research materials for General Lee's Army, Glatthaar compiled quantitative data on the background and service of 600 randomly selected soldiers--150 artillerists, 150 cavalrym
• Titolo autorizzato: Soldiering in the Army of Northern Virginia
• ISBN: 1-4696-0305-5; 0-8078-7786-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781314003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Civil War America.