SMITH Mark M

The smell of battle, the taste of siege : a sensory history of the Civil War / Mark M. Smith. - New York : Oxford University Press , 2017. - xii, 197 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

In the smell of battle, the taste of Siege, historian Mark M. Smith considers how all five senses, including sight sound, smell, taste, and touch, shaped the experience of the Civil War and thus its memory, exploring its full sensory impact on everyone from the soldiers on the field to the civilians waiting at home.

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HISTORY -- MILITARY -- UNITED STATE
HISTORY -- UNITED STATES -- CIVIL WARS