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Author Noe, Kenneth W., 1957-

Title Reluctant rebels [electronic resource] : the Confederates who joined the Army after 1861 / Kenneth W. Noe.

Imprint Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2010.

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Description xiv, 317 p. : ill.
Series Civil War America
Civil War America.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: What they did not fight for -- pt. 1. "When our rights were threatened" -- Duty, honor, country : "Patriotism is a fine word for historians" -- Slavery : "The principle cause of the war" -- pt. 2. "Fighting for the property we gained by honest toil" -- Women : "Do the best you can" -- Hatred : "Vandal hordes" -- Pay : "Fighting for money instead of their country" -- pt. 3. "We are a band of brothers and native to the soil" -- Religion : "Let us meet in heaven" -- Comrades : "All my neighbor boys" -- Weariness : "We have suffered enough" -- Battle : "The elephant" -- Appendix.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Confederate States of America. Army -- Military life.
Confederate States of America. Army -- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- History.
Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
Confederate States of America -- Social conditions.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780807833773 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807833770 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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