A higher duty : desertion among Georgia troops during the Civil War / Mark A. Weitz.
Material type: TextPublication details: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, �2000.Description: 1 online resource (x, 227 pages) : illustrations, mapsContent type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 0585267960
- 9780585267968
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Desertions
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Desertions
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
- Desertion, Military -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century
- Desertion, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century
- HISTORY
- Desertion, Military
- Social aspects
- Georgia
- United States
- American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
- 1800-1899
- 973.7/8 21
- E559 .W45 2000eb
- digitized 2010 committed to preserve
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-218) and index.
This work addresses issues associated with Confederate desertion. What does Confederate desertion say about Confederate nationalism and the war effort? Mark Weitz examines the emotional and psychological reasons that might induce a soldier to desert.
Seeds of desertion -- Preparing for the Prodigal Son -- Patterns of flight -- Calls from home -- Faces of desertion -- Unanswered calls.
Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. MiAaHDL
http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL
Print version record.
English.
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - Worldwide