By the Noble Daring of Her Sons

by Sheppard, Jonathan C.

• ISBN13: 9780817317072
• ISBN10: 0817317074
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-05-11
• Publisher: Univ of Alabama Pr

Summary

By the Noble Daring of Her Sonsis a tale of ordinary Florida citizens who, during extraordinary times, were called to battle against their fellow countrymen. Over the past twenty years, historians have worked diligently to explore Florida's role in the Civil War. Works describing the state's women and its wartime economy have contributed to this effort, yet until recently the story of Florida's soldiers in the Confederate armies has been little studied. This volume explores the story of schoolmates going to war and of families left behind, of a people fighting to maintain a society built on slavery and of a state torn by political and regional strife. Florida in 1860 was very much divided between radical democrats and conservatives. Before the war the state's inhabitants engaged in bitter political rivalries, and Sheppard argues that prior to secession Florida citizens maintained regional loyalties rather than considering themselves "Floridians." He shows that service in Confederate armies helped to ease tensions between various political factions and worked to reduce the state's regional divisions. Sheppard also addresses the practices of prisoner parole and exchange, unit consolidation and its effects on morale and unit identity, politics within the Army of Tennessee, and conscription and desertion in the Southern armies. These issues come together to demonstrate the connection between the front lines and the home front.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Therefore Let Us Unite: Florida's Secession	p. 1
Like Achilles He Has Girded on His Armor: April-September 1861	p. 10
The War Trumpet Is Sounding Its Blasts in Every Direction around Us: October-December 1861	p. 24
Its Flag Will Show Where the Fight Was Hottest: January-April 1862, West Florida and Shiloh	p. 36
To Maintain Inviolate the Sacred Honor of Florida: January-May 1862, East Florida	p. 46
Our Cause Is Just and We Need Not Fear Defeat: Floridians' Rationales for Fighting the Civil War	p. 57
I Am Now As You Know in the Enemys Country: June-August 1862	p. 63
Another Luminous Page to the History of Florida: September-October 8, 1862	p. 74
Our Company and Regiments Mourns the Loss of Their Very Best: October 9, 1862-January 10, 1863	p. 92
I Expect We Will Stay Here All Winter: Winter-Spring 1863, Tennessee	p. 109
This Seems to Be Our Darkest Times: May 26-July 15, 1863, Mississippi	p. 122
Napoleons "Old Guard" Never Fought Harder: July 16-September 21, 1863	p. 134
I Have Never Known Them to Fail in the Hour of Trial: September 21-December 2, 1863	p. 154
The Old Soldiers Are Much Better Satisfied: December 1863-May 5, 1864	p. 167
The Company and Entire Brigade Suffered Immensely and Accomplished Nothing: May 7-September 3, 1864	p. 178
This Is a Kind of Curious Management to Me: September 4, 1864-January 1, 1865	p. 199
Epilogue. It Is the Duty of Everyman to Obey the Powers That Be: January-May 1865	p. 220
Appendix	p. 229
Notes	p. 233
Bibliography	p. 289
Index	p. 303
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