Reluctant rebels : the Confederates who joined the Army after 1861 / Kenneth W. Noe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Noe, Kenneth W., 1957-

Series:

Civil War America.

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Confederate States of America. Army--Military life.

Confederate States of America.

Confederate States of America. Army.

Soldiers--Confederate States of America--History.

Soldiers.

Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

Confederate States of America. Army--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.

History.

Confederate States of America--Social conditions.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

United States.

Social aspects.

Physical Description:

xiv, 317 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2010]

Contents:

Introduction: What they did not fight for

pt. 1. "When our rights were threatened"

Duty, honor, country : "Patriotism is a fine word for historians"

Slavery : "The principle cause of the war"

pt. 2. "Fighting for the property we gained by honest toil"

Women : "Do the best you can"

Hatred : "Vandal hordes"

Pay : "Fighting for money instead of their country"

pt. 3. "We are a band of brothers and native to the soil"

Religion : "Let us meet in heaven"

Comrades : "All my neighbor boys"

Weariness : "We have suffered enough"

Battle : "The elephant"

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780807833773

0807833770

OCLC:

454368129