Title Why confederates fought : family and nation in Civil War Virginia / Aaron Sheehan-Dean

Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 291 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Civil War America Civil War America (Series) Contents pt. 1. Conflict & collaboration -- Building the plain people's Confederacy : January-June 1861 -- A nation of their own : July 1861-March 1862 -- pt. 2. The crucible of war -- The ardor of patriotism : April-July 1862 -- War in earnest : August-December 1862 -- The family war : January-December 1863 -- pt. 3. War without end -- The cost of independence : January-June 1864 -- The fall of the Confederacy : July 1864-March 1865 -- Epilogue : Swallowing the elephant : toward the new South Summary 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. He challenges earlier arguments that middle- and lower-class southerners gradually withdrew their support for the Confederacy because their class interests were not being met. Instead he argues that Virginia soldiers continued to be motivated by the profound emotional connection between military service and the protection of home and family, even as the war dragged on Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-283) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Soldiers -- Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century Soldiers -- Family relationships -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Families -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Nationalism -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Social classes -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century War and society -- Virginia -- History -- 19th century Nationalism -- Confederate States of America -- History HISTORY -- United States -- State & Local -- South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) Families Nationalism Social aspects Social classes Social conditions Soldiers -- Family relationships Soldiers -- Social conditions War and society Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865 Soldat SUBJECT Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects Virginia -- Social conditions -- 19th century United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects Subject United States United States -- Confederate States of America Virginia Virginia Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 080788765X 9780807887653 9781469605203 1469605201

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