Why Confederates Fought: Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia

by Aaron Sheehan-Dean

Book Overview

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"