Why Confederates Fought: Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia

(Part of the Civil War America Series and Civil War America Series)

by Aaron Sheehan-Dean

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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. Utilizing new statistical evidence and first-person narratives, Sheehan-Dean explores how Virginia soldiers--even those who were nonslaveholders--adapted their vision of the war's purpose to remain committed Confederates.

Sheehan-Dean challenges earlier arguments that...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807861847

ISBN13:9780807861844

Release Date:September 2009

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:312 Pages

Weight:0.95 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.8"

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Confederacy History Modern (16th-21st Centuries)

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