Aaron Sheehan-Dean 
Why Confederates Fought [PDF ebook] 
Family and Nation in Civil War Virginia

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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. Utilizing new statistical evidence and first-person narratives, Sheehan-Dean explores how Virginia soldiers–even those who were nonslaveholders–adapted their vision of the war’s purpose to remain committed Confederates. Sheehan-Dean 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. The experience of fighting, explains Sheehan-Dean, redefined southern manhood and family relations, established the basis for postwar race and class relations, and transformed the shape of Virginia itself. He concludes that Virginians’ experience of the Civil War offers important lessons about the reasons we fight wars and the ways that those reasons can change over time.

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Taal Engels ● Formaat PDF ● Pagina’s 312 ● ISBN 9781469605203 ● Uitgeverij The University of North Carolina Press ● Gepubliceerd 2009 ● Downloadbare 3 keer ● Valuta EUR ● ID 6611833 ● Kopieerbeveiliging Adobe DRM
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