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A narrative of the great revival which prevailed in the Southern armies during the late Civil War. Carroll, Dillon J., "'The God Who Shielded Me Before, Yet Watches Over Us All': Confederate Soldiers, Mental Illness, and Religion," Civil War History, 61 (Sept. 2015), 252–80. Faust, Drew Gilpin.
The book was published by Oxford University Press in 1997 and covers the lives and ideals of American Civil War soldiers from both sides of the war. Drawing from a compilation of over 25,000 letters and 250 personal diaries, For Cause and Comrades tells the story of the American Civil War's soldiers through their own writings, emphasizing their ...
Portrait of a Confederate Army infantryman (1861–1865) Johnny Reb is the national personification of the common soldier of the Confederacy.During the American Civil War and afterwards, Johnny Reb and his Union counterpart Billy Yank were used in speech and literature to symbolize the common soldiers who fought in the Civil War in the 1860s. [1]
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Confederate Soldier Monument: Gainesville, Cooke County Courthouse: stone Erected 1911, moved to the courthouse lawn at a later date [104] "God holds the scales of justice; He will measure praise and blame; And the South will stand the verdict, And will stand it without shame. Oh, home of tears, but let her bear. This blazoned to the end of time;
A Souldier must consider that sometimes God[']s people have the worst in battel as well as God[']s enemies. [15] This condensed Souldiers Pocket Bible was usually buttoned on the inside waistcoat, placed near the heart, and under the soldier's outer coat. [6] The placement did not hinder the movements of the soldier. [10]
The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to win the independence of the Southern states and uphold and expand the institution of slavery. [3]
John Ogden Murray (c. 1840 – 1921) was a major in the Confederate Army, an author, [1] and a newspaper editor. He is credited with coining the phrase "Immortal Six Hundred."