Bibliograph

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

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

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-304) and index

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Reluctant rebels

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

454368129

Responsibility statement

Kenneth W. Noe

Series statement

Civil War America

Sub title

the Confederates who joined the Army after 1861

Summary

Kenneth Noe examines the motives and subsequent performance of "later enlisters." He offers a nuanced view of men who have often been cast as less patriotic and less committed to the cause, rekindling the debate over who these later enlistees were, why they joined, and why they stayed and fought. --from publisher description

Table Of Contents

Introduction: What they did not fight for -- 1. "When our rights were threatened" -- Duty, honor, country : "Patriotism is a fine word for historians" -- Slavery : "The principle cause of the war" -- 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" -- 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

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