Southern Invincibility: A History of the Confederate Heart

by Sword, Wiley

• ISBN13: 9780312203665
• ISBN10: 0312203667
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-10-01
• Publisher: St Martins Pr

Summary

The roots of Southern pride that took hold in the Civil War are examined through letters and diaries of soldiers and civilians. 16-page photo insert.

Author Biography

Wiley Sword is the author of several Civil War histories, He has won the Fletcher Pratt Prize for the best book of Civil War history and has been nominated for the Pulitzer, Parkman, Bancroft, and Western Heritage prizes. He lives in Bloom-field Hills, Michigan.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	1	(3)
An Ominous Circumstance	4	(4)
Holding Fast to the Familiar	8	(7)
A Curse to Any Land	15	(6)
Secession Rather Than Dishonor	21	(8)
Virginia and the Spirit of the Times	29	(8)
The Pending Confrontation with the Self	37	(4)
Nathaniel H. R. Dawson/Elodie Todd: ``Am I Not Fighting for You?''	41	(20)
``Don't Mind My Tears, They Don't Mean Anything''	61	(5)
Sarah Morgan: ``Wonderfully Changed in My Sentiments''	66	(12)
Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.: An Ornament of the Confederacy	78	(10)
``We Think Every Southerner Equal to Three Yankees at Least''	88	(6)
Nathaniel H. R. Dawson/Elodie Todd: ``I Attribute All to the War''	94	(15)
Fred Fleet: ``Nothing Is New with Wise's Gardeners''	109	(8)
A Legacy of Adversity	117	(13)
Sandie Pendleton: ``I Intend to Do As Well As I Can''	130	(15)
Lee and Jackson, and Their Invincible Army	145	(10)
Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.: ``All Will Turn Out for the Best''	155	(14)
Gettysburg	169	(15)
``They Haven't Got Us Nearly Whipped---Yet''	184	(12)
Sarah Morgan: ``A Peace That Passes Understanding''	196	(5)
Coping with the Animal	201	(11)
An Army of Lions Led by an Ass	212	(17)
``It's Hard to Maintain Patriotism on Ashcake and Water''	229	(13)
Doing the Unthinkable	242	(14)
Beating Their Own Brains Out	256	(12)
Sandie Pendleton: ``Suffering Somewhat in the Good Cause''	268	(15)
Fred Fleet: ``I Know Something about It Now''	283	(10)
``Tennessee, a Grave, or a Free Home''	293	(15)
Sherman's Sentinels	308	(9)
To Justify a Reasonable Hope of Success	317	(11)
``Unless You Come Home, We Must Die''	328	(9)
The South Shall Rise Again	337	(9)
Henry King Burgwyn, Jr.: ``Words on a Tombstone'' Sarah Morgan: ``Everybody Cried, but I Would Not'' Sandie Pendleton: ``Dealing with Adversity'' Fred Fleet: ``Do Not Shrink from the Battle of Life''	346	(10)
Epilogue	356	(6)
In Explanation	362	(3)
Reference Notes	365	(35)
Bibliography	400	(11)
Index	411