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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Weitz, Mark A., 1957- Higher duty. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2000 (OCoLC)605617306 Online version: Weitz, Mark A., 1957- Higher duty. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2000 (OCoLC)606262459 |
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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mark A Weitz |
| ISBN: | 0803247915 9780803247918 |
| OCLC Number: | 42296325 |
| Description: | x, 227 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Desertion among Gerogia Troops during the Civil War / Mark A. Weitz. Seeds of desertion -- Preparing for the Prodigal Son -- Patterns of flight -- Calls from home -- Faces of desertion -- Unanswered calls. |
| Responsibility: | Mark A. Weitz. |
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"The topic of Confederate desertion remains one of the least well understood in the field of Civil War scholarship. Mark A. Weitz's study of desertion among Georgia's Confederate soldiers is a perceptive treatment of an important state that helps flesh out our understanding of why and when men left the ranks. With luck, this book will inspire further work on other Confederate states." - Gary W. Gallagher, author of 'The Confederate War'" "Weitz makes a significant contribution to Civil War studies. This is a book that will be cited frequently and discussed often. It's a real winner. - Kenneth W. Noe, author of 'Southwest Virginia's Railroad: Modernization and the Sectional Crisis'" "Mark A. Weitz has produced an impressive work on an important and much neglected aspect of the Civil War. Well written and researched, it is one of the very few works that go straight to the heart of why the Confederacy lost the war. - David Williams, author of 'Rich Man's War: Class, Caste, and Confederate Defeat in the Lower Chatta-hoochee Valley' Read more...
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- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Desertions.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Desertions.
- Georgia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
- United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
- Desertion, Military -- Georgia -- History -- 19th century.
- Desertion, Military -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
- Sezessionskrieg <1861-1865>
- Fahnenflucht.
- Georgia.
- USA.
