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The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy Bell Irvin Wiley Updated edition
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The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy
Bell Irvin Wiley
When Bell Irvin Wiley's composite portrait of the rank-and-file Confederate soldier was published in 1943, professional historians and general readers alike greeted it enthusiastically. Over a half century later, the book still offers one of the best available accounts of the ordinary citizens who made up the Confederate army. The Life of Johnny Reb does not merely describe the battles and skirmishes fought by the Confederate foot soldier. Rather, it provides an intimate history of a soldier's daily life--the songs he sang, the foods he ate, the hopes and fears he experienced, the reasons he fought. Wiley examined countless letters, diaries, newspaper accounts, and official records to construct this frequently poignant, sometimes humorous account of the life of Johnny Reb. In a new foreword for this updated edition, Civil War expert James I. Robertson, Jr., explores the exemplary career of Bell Irvin Wiley, who championed the common folk, whom he saw as ensnared in the great conflict of the 1860s.
"A Civil War classic."--Florida Historical Quarterly
"This book deserves to be on the shelf of every Civil War modeler and enthusiast."--Model Retailer
"[Wiley] has painted with skill a picture of the life of the Confederate private. . . . It is a picture that is not only by far the most complete we have ever had but perhaps the best of its kind we ever shall have."--Saturday Review of Literature
480 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807133255 |
| Publishers | Louisiana State University Press |
| Pages | 480 |
| Dimensions | 152 × 229 × 24 mm · 612 g |
| Language | English |
| Contributor | James I., Jr. Robertson |
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