Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity

by Bradley R. Clampitt

This groundbreaking analysis of Confederate demobilization examines the state of mind of Confederate soldiers in the immediate aftermath of war. Having survived severe psychological as well as physical trauma, they now faced the unknown as they headed back home in defeat. Lost Causes analyzes the interlude between soldier and veteran, suggesting that defeat and demobilization actually reinforced Confederate identity as well as public memory of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807177164
• ISBN13: 9780807177167
• Release Date: June 2022
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 324 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"