More Damning Than Slaughter

More Damning Than Slaughter
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9780803247970
ISBN-13 : 0803247974
Rating : 4/5 (974 Downloads)

Book Synopsis More Damning Than Slaughter by : Mark A. Weitz

Download or read book More Damning Than Slaughter written by Mark A. Weitz and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Coupled with problems such as speculation, food and clothing shortages, conscription, taxation, and a pervasive focus on the protection of local interests, desertion started as a military problem and spilled over into the civilian world. Fostered by a military culture that treated absenteeism leniently early in the war, desertion steadily increased and by 1863 reached epidemic proportions. A Union policy that permitted Confederate deserters to swear allegiance to the Union and then return home encouraged desertion. Equally important in persuading men to desert was the direct appeal from loved ones on the home front - letters from wives begging soldiers to come home for harvests, births, and other events.".


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