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A dreadful affect upon good soldiers : a study of a desertion in a Confederate regiment983 views
Author
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
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)
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
Notes
Digitization of this thesis was made possible by a generous grant from the Jefferson Trust, 2015.
Language
English
Rights
All rights reserved (no additional license for public reuse)
Ruffner, Kevin Conley. A dreadful affect upon good soldiers : a study of a desertion in a Confederate regiment. University of Virginia, Corcoran Department of History, MA (Master of Arts), 1987-08-01, https://doi.org/10.18130/V3W359.
