A dreadful affect upon good soldiers : a study of a desertion in a Confederate regiment
Author:
Ruffner, Kevin Conley, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia
Ruffner, Kevin Conley, Corcoran Department of History, University of Virginia
Advisors:
Ayers, Edward, Department of History, University of Virginia
Stagg, John, Papers of James Madison, University of Virginia
Ayers, Edward, Department of History, University of Virginia
Stagg, John, Papers of James Madison, University of Virginia
Abstract:
This paper examines desertion in the 44th Virginia Infantry Regiment. This paper seeks to discover the causes and effects of desertion; it seeks any correlation between desertion and various socioeconomic indicators such as age, occupation, ethnicity, illiteracy, military rank, marital status, slave holding wealth, and time of desertion. This examination tests the popular assertion that the Civil War was a poor man's fight through a close analysis of an actual fighting unit.
Degree:
MA (Master of Arts)
MA (Master of Arts)
Keywords:
Confederate States of America -- Army -- Virginia Regiment, 44th -- History, Desertion, Military -- Confederate States of America, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
Confederate States of America -- Army -- Virginia Regiment, 44th -- History, Desertion, Military -- Confederate States of America, United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
Notes:
Digitization of this thesis was made possible by a generous grant from the Jefferson Trust, 2015.
Language:
English
English
Rights:
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Issued Date:
1987/08
1987/08
