Soldiering in the Army of Northern Virginia : a statistical portrait of the troops who served under Robert E. Lee / Joseph T. Glatthaar

Author:: Glatthaar, Joseph T., 1956-
Published:: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]
Copyright Date:: ©2011
Physical Description:: xvi, 209 pages ; 25 cm.

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Series:

Civil War America

Contents:

The army -- The infantry -- The cavalry -- The artillery -- Northern- and foreign-born soldiers -- Upper and lower south -- Officers and enlisted men -- Year of enlistment -- Age -- Marriage and fatherhood -- Economic class -- Slaveholding.

Summary:

"In this ... quantitative study, Joseph T. Glatthaar provides a comprehensive narrative and statistical analysis of many key aspects of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia ... While gathering research materials for [another project] Glatthaar compiled quantative data on the background and service of 600 randomly selected soldiers - 150 artillerists, 150 cavalrymen, and 300 infantrymen - affording him ... insight into the pre-war and wartime experience of Lee's troops ... While confirming much of what is believed about the army, Glatthaar's evidence [presented in this volume] challenges some conventional thinking in significant ways ... and provides a broader and fuller portrait of the men who served under General Lee"--Jacket.

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Genre(s):

Statistics

ISBN:

9780807834923 (cloth ; alk. paper)
0807834920 (cloth ; alk. paper)

Note:

Behrend copy signed by author.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-199) and index.

Source of Acquisition:

Purchased with funds from the Elizabeth Epp Taft Library Endowment; 2016

Endowment Note:

Elizabeth Epp Taft Library Endowment

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