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A Test Case of the 'Crying Evil': Desertion Among North Carolina Troops During the Civil War

Record #:
21224
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Abstract:
This article examines the problem of desertion among Confederate troops, specifically those from North Carolina, during the civil war. Reid attempts to update the figures published in the united States provost marshal general's final report in 1866, as well as to determine when men left, what major factors were producing desertion, the type of man who would cross to the federal line or desert, and what age and experience level were the men who left.
Source:
North Carolina Historical Review (NoCar F251 .N892), Vol. 58 Issue 3, July 1981, p234-262, il, f