Abstractions of Exemptions from Military Service and Etc., 1862-63
Author | : Mary Leigh Boisseau |
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Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Halifax County (Va.) |
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Author | : Mary Leigh Boisseau |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Halifax County (Va.) |
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Author | : Frances M. Clarke |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 449 |
Release | : 2023 |
Genre | : Child soldiers |
ISBN | : 0197601049 |
"Enormous numbers of boys and youths served in the American Civil War. The first book to arrive at a careful estimate, Of Age argues that underage enlistees comprised roughly ten percent of the Union army and likely a similar proportion of Confederate forces. Their importance extended beyond sheer numbers. Boys who enlisted without consent deprived parents of badly needed labor and income to which were legally entitled, setting off struggles between households and the military. As the contest over underage enlistees became a referendum on the growing centralization of military and political power, it was the United States, more than the Confederacy, that fought tooth and nail to retain this valuable cohort. How far could the federal government breach the sanctity of the household when the nation's very survival was at stake? Should military officers bow to the will of local and state judges? And what form should the military take to ensure victory while remaining true to the nation's republican principles? As they detail how Americans grappled with these questions, Clarke and Plant introduce readers to common but largely unknown wartime scenarios-parents chasing after regiments to recover their sons, state judges defying the federal government by discharging boys, and recently enslaved African American youths swept up by Union recruiters. Examining the phenomenon from multiple perspectives-legal, military, medical, social, political, and cultural-Of Age demonstrates why underage enlistment is such an important lens for understanding the Civil War and its transformative effects"--
Author | : Library of Congress |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1024 |
Release | : 1970 |
Genre | : Subject catalogs |
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Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1072 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : United States |
ISBN | : |
Volume IV: Compiled and revised by Silas Felton. 1063 pp., revised with books missed in vols. I,II, and III, regimental publications, personal narratives, biographies, campaigns and battles, Northern and Southern. Felton?s new compilation is without peer. He covers the subject from five different perspectives: Regimental Publications and Personal Narratives, Union and Confederate Biographies, General References, Armed Forces and Campaigns and Battles.And, making the work extremely useful, the last 236 pages contain a complete Index of Authors of Volumes I through IV as well as a new Index of Titles in the Revised Volume IV.Furthermore, to clear up confusion created by the multiple names often used by Confederate units during the war ? artillery batteries in particular ? which carried a state designation but were commonly known by the battery commander?s name, Felton has cited a written work with a single number designation but indexed and listed it under its common appellation to aid the researcher and eliminate confusion.