Sons of Privilege: The Charleston Light Dragoons in the Civil WarUniv of South Carolina Press, 2005 - 192 עמודים A fascinating look at the experiences of a company of gentlemen in America's bloodiest war. Sons of Privilege traces the wartime experiences of a unique Confederate cavalry company drawn together from South Carolina's most prestigious families of planters, merchants, and politicos. Founded in 1792 as a city militia unit, the Charleston Light Dragoons drew from such locally recognizable clans as the Hugers, Izards, Manigaults, Middletons, and Pringles. W Eric Emerson examines the military exploits of this company of gentlemen to find that the elite status of its membership dictated the terms of their service. For much of the war, the dragoons were stationed close to home and faced little immediate danger. As the South's resources waned, however, such deference faded. Organized much like a gentleman's social club, the dragoons differed markedly from most units in the Confederate and Union armies, which brought together men of varying social and economic backgrounds. Emerson vividly depicts the dragoons' two assignments - a relatively undemanding stint along the South Carolina coast and a subsequent few weeks of intense combat in Virginia. suggests that the dragoons' unrealistic expectations about their military prowess led the men to fight with more bravery than discretion. Thus the unit suffered heavy losses, and by 1865 only a handful survived. Emerson tracks the return of the survivors to ruined homes and businesses, the struggle to rebuild lost fortunes, and the resurrection of exclusive social organizations that would separate them from Charleston's more prosperous newcomers. He chronicles efforts of veterans to reestablish the unit and evaluates the influence of writings by survivors on the postwar veneration of the dragoons. |
תוכן
CHAPTER | 1 |
CHAPTER 2 | 17 |
CHAPTER 3 | 37 |
Cataclysm | 62 |
Transformation | 86 |
Beginning Again | 105 |
Rosters | 117 |
Notes | 143 |
Bibliography | 173 |
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
Sons of Privilege: The Charleston Light Dragoons in the Civil War <span dir=ltr>W. Eric Emerson</span> אין תצוגה מקדימה זמינה - 2011 |
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
40 days 4th Cavalry 4th South Carolina Arnoldus Vanderhorst artillery Battery Wagner battle Beaufort District Beauregard Benjamin Huger Captain captured casualties Charleston Light Dragoons Civil Colcock Colonel Walker Columbia combat command Compiled Service Records Confederate courier detached by order detached by special Edward Manigault Autobiography elite Elliott Emma Holmes Enlisted F. K. Middleton Family Papers Frank Middleton Gabriel Edward Manigault Gabriel Manigault goons Grahamville Hampton Harriott Middleton Haw's Haw's Shop Hospital Huger Ibid James James Seddon Joel Roberts Poinsett John Lieutenant Light Dragoons Records lowcountry M. C. Butler Matadequin Creek McPhersonville microcopy 267 Middleton Family Correspondence Middleton to Harriott Miles military National Archives order for reduction picket plantation planters Pocotaligo Porcher present Pringle regiment Richmond River rolls Rutledge's SCHS served sick furlough sick in camp Sketch slaves social South Carolina Cavalry special order Stokes Union cavalry unit members unit's Vanderhorst Virginia William William Porcher Miles wounded
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