Southern pride-the notion that the South's character distinguishes it from the rest of the country-had a profound impact on how and why Confederates fought the Civil War, and continued to mold their psyche after they had been defeated. In Southern Invincibility, award-winning historian Wiley Sword traces the roots of the South's belief in its own superiority and examines the ways in which that conviction contributed to the war effort, even when it became clear that the South would not win. Informed by thorough research, Southern Invincibility is the historical investigation of a psychology that continues to define the South.
Author(s): Wiley Sword
Edition: 1
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Year: 2000
Language: English
Pages: 448
Title Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter One - AN OMINOUS CIRCUMSTANCE
Chapter Two - HOLDING FAST TO THE FAMILIAR
Chapter Three - A CURSE TO ANY LAND
Chapter Four - SECESSION RATHER THAN DISHONOR
Chapter Five - VIRGINIA AND THE SPIRIT OF THE TIMES
Chapter Six - THE PENDING CONFRONTATION WITH THE SELF
Chapter Seven - NATHANIEL H. R. DAWSON/ELODIE TODD
“Am I Not Fighting for You?”
“My Mind Is Prepared for the Worst”
“I Am Really Indifferent to the Dangers”
Chapter Eight - “DON’T MIND MY TEARS, THEY DON’T MEAN ANYTHING”
Chapter Nine - SARAH MORGAN
“Wonderfully Changed in My Sentiments”
“We Have Lost All Things. Honor Included”
Chapter Ten - HENRY KING BURGWYN, JR.
An Ornament of the Confederacy
An Unsuitable Colonel and an Ambitious Lieutenant Colonel
“My Command Was the Last to Leave”
Chapter Eleven - “WE THINK EVERY SOUTHERNER EQUAL TO THREE YANKEES AT LEAST”
Chapter Twelve - NATHANIEL H. R. DAWSON/ ELODIE TODD
“I Attribute All to the War”
“We Must Change the Tide”
Chapter Thirteen - FRED FLEET “NOTHING IS NEW WITH WISE’S GARDENERS”
Chapter Fourteen - A LEGACY OF ADVERSITY
Chapter Fifteen - SANDIE PENDLETON
“I Intend to Do As Well As I Can”
“A Glorious Victory, but at What Cost!”
Chapter Sixteen - LEE AND JACKSON, AND THEIR INVINCIBLE ARMY
Chapter Seventeen - HENRY KING BURGWYN, JR.
“All Will Turn Out for the Best”
“Where Is My Sword?”
Chapter Eighteen - GETTYSBURG
Chapter Nineteen - “THEY HAVEN’T GOT US NEARLY WHIPPED—YET”
Chapter Twenty - SARAH MORGAN
“A Peace That Passes Understanding”
Chapter Twenty-one - COPING WITH THE ANIMAL
Chapter Twenty-two - AN ARMY OF LIONS LED BY AN ASS
Chapter Twenty-three - “IT’S HARD TO MAINTAIN PATRIOTISM ON ASHCAKE AND WATER”
Chapter Twenty-four - DOING THE UNTHINKABLE
Chapter Twenty-five - BEATING THEIR OWN BRAINS OUT
Chapter Twenty-six - SANDIE PENDLETON
“Suffering Somewhat in the Good Cause”
“It Is God’s Will, I Am Satisfied!”
Chapter Twenty-seven - FRED FLEET
“I Know Something about It Now”
Chapter Twenty-eight - “TENNESSEE, A GRAVE, OR A FREE HOME”
Chapter Twenty-nine - SHERMAN’S SENTINELS
Chapter Thirty - TO JUSTIFY A REASONABLE HOPE OF SUCCESS
Chapter Thirty-one - “UNLESS YOU COME HOME, WE MUST DIE”
Chapter Thirty-two - THE SOUTH SHALL RISE AGAIN
Chapter Thirty-three - PERSONAL EPILOGUES
“Words on a Tombstone”
“Everybody Cried, but I Would Not”
“Dealing with Adversity”
“Do Not Shrink from the Battle of Life”
Epilogue
Acknowledgments
Also by Wiley Sword
In Explanation
Reference Notes
Bibliography
Index
Notes
Copyright Page
