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Author:

Phillips, Jason, 1973-

Title:

Diehard rebels : the Confederate culture of invincibility / Jason Phillips.

Publisher:

University of Georgia Press,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

x, 257 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Attitudes.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Psychology.
Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Biography.
Confederate States of America.--Army--Military life.
Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
Confederate States of America--Politics and government.
United States--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
United States--Psychological aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Psychological aspects.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-249) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: Southern invincibility and confederate defeat -- The smile of providence: Confederate religion and invincibility -- The mask of calm: enemy images in rebel minds -- Without a murmur: Confederate endurance and the immediate war -- Gray grapevines: rumors and the distant war -- The face of surrender: diehard rebels in 1865 -- Conclusion: the aftermath of invincibility.

ISBN:

0820328367 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780820328362 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN:

2007010378

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OSAX771 -- Grand View University Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)