Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-304) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Kenneth Noe examines the motives and subsequent performance of "later enlisters." He offers a nuanced view of men who have often been cast as less patriotic and less committed to the cause, rekindling the debate over who these later enlistees were, why they joined, and why they stayed and fought. --from publisher description.
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JSTOR
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22573/ctt627gx
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Title
Reluctant rebels.
International Standard Book Number
9780807833773
CORPORATE BODY NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Confederate States of America.-- Military life.
Confederate States of America.-- Recruiting, enlistment, etc.
Confederate States of America.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Soldiers-- Confederate States of America-- History.
Soldiers-- Confederate States of America-- Social conditions.
Armed Forces-- Military life.
HISTORY-- United States-- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY.
Recruiting and enlistment.
Social aspects.
Social conditions.
Soldiers-- Social conditions.
Soldiers.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Confederate States of America, Social conditions.
United States, History, Civil War, 1861-1865, Social aspects.