WHY CONFEDERATES FOUGHT by Aaron Sheehan-Dean ( 9780807861844 )

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Title:

WHY CONFEDERATES FOUGHT
FAMILY AND NATION IN CIVIL WAR VIRGINIA

By:

Aaron Sheehan-Dean

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0807861847

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9780807861844

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Publisher:

THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 September, 2009

Series:

Civil War America

Pages:

312

Description:

A comprehensive study of the experience of Virginia soldiers and their families in the Civil War that captures the inner world of the rank-and-file. It challenges earlier arguments that middle- and lower-class southerners gradually withdrew their support for the Confederacy because their class interests were not being met.

Synopsis:

This title discusses the motivations for continuing the fight. In the first comprehensive study of the experience of Virginia soldiers and their families in the Civil War, Aaron Sheehan-Dean captures the inner world of the rank-and-file. He challenges earlier arguments that middle- and lower-class southerners gradually withdrew their support for the Confederacy because their class interests were not being met. Instead he argues that Virginia soldiers continued to be motivated by the profound emotional connection between military service and the protection of home and family, even as the war dragged on.

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The University of North Carolina Press

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