Why Confederates Fought

Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia
1. Auflage 2009
ISBN: 978-0-8078-6184-4
Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 527 g

Reihe: Civil War America

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Sheehan-Dean, Aaron

Über Autor(innen)

Aaron Sheehan-Dean is assistant professor of history at the University of North Florida. He is editor of <i>Struggle for a Vast Future: The American Civil War</i> and <i>The View from the Ground: The Experience of Civil War Soldiers</i>. <!--to change to assoc prof-->