Book contents
- Dread Danger
- Dread Danger
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction “Almost Enough to Make Cowards of the Bravest Men”
- Part I The 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 1 “Soldiers, and Yet Not Soldiers”: New York and Washington, DC
- 2 “Effervescent Courage”: Virginia
- 3 “Soul Sick”: Virginia and New York
- Part II The 2nd Texas Infantry Regiment
- Conclusion “When Cowards Shrink and Brave Men Die”
- Bibliography
- Index
1 - “Soldiers, and Yet Not Soldiers”: New York and Washington, DC
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from Part I - The 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 November 2024
Book contents
- Dread Danger
- Dread Danger
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction “Almost Enough to Make Cowards of the Bravest Men”
- Part I The 11th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
- 1 “Soldiers, and Yet Not Soldiers”: New York and Washington, DC
- 2 “Effervescent Courage”: Virginia
- 3 “Soul Sick”: Virginia and New York
- Part II The 2nd Texas Infantry Regiment
- Conclusion “When Cowards Shrink and Brave Men Die”
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 1 sets up the founding of the 11th New York and the heightened expectations put upon them from the start. It introduces their famed colonel, Elmer E. Ellsworth, who had dreams of reinventing the citizen soldiery with his Zouave drill. But he found that converting boisterous firemen into disciplined soldiers was not quite as easy as he had anticipated. Ellsworth struggled with challenges to his authority and harsh public scrutiny. The chapter ends just as the Fire Zouaves receive orders to embark for Alexandria, confident that success on the battlefield beckoned.
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- Dread DangerCowardice and Combat in the American Civil War, pp. 15 - 51Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024