More Damning Than Slaughter: Desertion in the Confederate Army

by Mark A. Weitz

Book Overview

More Damning than Slaughter is the first broad study of desertion in the Confederate army. Incorporating extensive archival research with a synthesis of other secondary material, Mark A. Weitz confronts a question never fully addressed until now: did desertion hurt the Confederacy? Coupled with problems such as speculation, food and clothing shortages, conscription, taxation, and a pervasive focus on the protection of local interests, desertion...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803220804
• ISBN13: 9780803220805
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 346 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"