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WEITZ, MARK A. More Damning Than Slaughter: Desertion In The Confederate Army.
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln: 2005. s Softcover. Brand new book.
More Damning than Slaughter is the first broad study of desertion in the Confederate army. Incorporating extensive archival research with a synthesis of other secondary material, Mark A. Weitz confronts a question never fully addressed until now: did desertion hurt the Confederacy? Coupled with problems such as speculation, food and clothing shortages, conscription, taxation, and a pervasive focus on the protection of local interests, desertion started as a military problem and spilled over into the civilian world. Fostered by a military culture that treated absenteeism leniently early in the war, desertion steadily increased and by 1863 reached epidemic proportions. A Union policy that permitted Confederate deserters to swear allegiance to the Union and then return home encouraged desertion. Equally important in persuading men to desert was the direct appeal from loved ones on the home frontÑletters from wives begging soldiers to come home for harvests, births, and other events. By 1864 deserter bands infested some portion of every Confederate state. Preying on the civilian population, many of these bands became irregular military units that frustrated virtually every effort to subdue them. Ultimately, desertion not only depleted the Confederate army but also threatened "home" and undermined civilian morale. By examining desertion, Weitz assesses how deteriorating southern civilian morale and growing unwillingness to contribute goods and services to the war led to defeat. Mark A. Weitz is the former director of the Civil War Era Studies Program at Gettysburg College. He is the author of A Higher Duty: Desertion among Georgia Troops during the American Civil War (Nebraska 2005). "Mark A. Weitz's study . . . aims to fill in one of the last remaining gaps in Civil War historiography."ÑPublishers Weekly "The author observes that desertion remains one of the least studied, and least understood, aspects of the war, a matter at least partially the result of the demands of the 'Lost Cause' school of Confederate historiography."ÑNew York Military Affairs Symposium "An impressive piece of scholarship. . . An excellent, thought-provoking study of an overlooked aspect of the Civil War."ÑCivil War Book Review "[This book] is the first attempt in decades to treat desertion in the entire South and the entire war, and it does so masterfully, despite the lost records that are the curse of any serious researcher. Mark Weitz has provided an important study of a neglected topic. His research is extensive and thorough, and his writing is clear. The combination is a well done work of history that should appeal not only to students of desertion but to anyone interested in learning more about topics beyond the battles of the Civil War and the Southern myth of the noble but lost cause."ÑJohn H. Barnhill, Chronicles of Oklahoma "Weitz presented his case convincingly and forcefully. . . . [He] has contributed significantly to our understanding of Confederate desertion and the way it became inextricably tied to the South's ultimate defeat."ÑJournal of American History "Like prisoners of war, who have received little scholarly attention until recently, deserters have not been the subject of a general study since Ella Lonn's 1928 work. This comprehensive treatment supersedes that landmark for Rebels. Dense and crowded with details, Weitz proceeds in chronological fashion, employing a disease analogy to follow the spread of desertion through all parts of the South, devoting equal attention to the eastern and western theaters, and using data not available to Lonn."ÑMicahel B. Chesson, Military History of the West "A fascinating read. . . . Mark Weitz has written an important book that adds to our understanding of soldier desertion, Confederate nationalism, and defeat."ÑLesley J. Gordon, Georgia Historical Quarterly "A pioneering study. . . . Bound to be the standard on the subject."ÑBrian Holden Reid, Civil War History
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WEITZ, MARK A. More Damning Than Slaughter: Desertion In The Confederate Army.
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln: 2005. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
More Damning than Slaughter is the first broad study of desertion in the Confederate army. Incorporating extensive archival research with a synthesis of other secondary material, Mark A. Weitz confronts a question never fully addressed until now: did desertion hurt the Confederacy? Coupled with problems such as speculation, food and clothing shortages, conscription, taxation, and a pervasive focus on the protection of local interests, desertion started as a military problem and spilled over into the civilian world. Fostered by a military culture that treated absenteeism leniently early in the war, desertion steadily increased and by 1863 reached epidemic proportions. A Union policy that permitted Confederate deserters to swear allegiance to the Union and then return home encouraged desertion. Equally important in persuading men to desert was the direct appeal from loved ones on the home frontÑletters from wives begging soldiers to come home for harvests, births, and other events. By 1864 deserter bands infested some portion of every Confederate state. Preying on the civilian population, many of these bands became irregular military units that frustrated virtually every effort to subdue them. Ultimately, desertion not only depleted the Confederate army but also threatened "home" and undermined civilian morale. By examining desertion, Weitz assesses how deteriorating southern civilian morale and growing unwillingness to contribute goods and services to the war led to defeat. Mark A. Weitz is the former director of the Civil War Era Studies Program at Gettysburg College. He is the author of A Higher Duty: Desertion among Georgia Troops during the American Civil War (Nebraska 2005). "Mark A. Weitz's study . . . aims to fill in one of the last remaining gaps in Civil War historiography."ÑPublishers Weekly "The author observes that desertion remains one of the least studied, and least understood, aspects of the war, a matter at least partially the result of the demands of the 'Lost Cause' school of Confederate historiography."ÑNew York Military Affairs Symposium "An impressive piece of scholarship. . . An excellent, thought-provoking study of an overlooked aspect of the Civil War."ÑCivil War Book Review "[This book] is the first attempt in decades to treat desertion in the entire South and the entire war, and it does so masterfully, despite the lost records that are the curse of any serious researcher. Mark Weitz has provided an important study of a neglected topic. His research is extensive and thorough, and his writing is clear. The combination is a well done work of history that should appeal not only to students of desertion but to anyone interested in learning more about topics beyond the battles of the Civil War and the Southern myth of the noble but lost cause."ÑJohn H. Barnhill, Chronicles of Oklahoma "Weitz presented his case convincingly and forcefully. . . . [He] has contributed significantly to our understanding of Confederate desertion and the way it became inextricably tied to the South's ultimate defeat."ÑJournal of American History "Like prisoners of war, who have received little scholarly attention until recently, deserters have not been the subject of a general study since Ella Lonn's 1928 work. This comprehensive treatment supersedes that landmark for Rebels. Dense and crowded with details, Weitz proceeds in chronological fashion, employing a disease analogy to follow the spread of desertion through all parts of the South, devoting equal attention to the eastern and western theaters, and using data not available to Lonn."ÑMicahel B. Chesson, Military History of the West "A fascinating read. . . . Mark Weitz has written an important book that adds to our understanding of soldier desertion, Confederate nationalism, and defeat."ÑLesley J. Gordon, Georgia Historical Quarterly "A pioneering study. . . . Bound to be the standard on the subject."ÑBrian Holden Reid, Civil War History
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FERGUSON, JOHN HILL; ELLISON, JANET CORRELL (EDITOR) WITH ASSISTANCE FROM WEITZ, MARK A. On To Atlanta: The Civil War Diaries Of John Hill Ferguson, Illinois Tenth Regiment Of Volunteers.
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln: 2008. s Softcover. Brand new book.
Historians have shown us the drama and sweep of the swathe Sherman's March cut through the South. Officers have bequeathed us accounts of what happened in strategic and practical terms. But for a gritty, day-by-day, on-the-ground view of what the march to Atlanta meant to the common soldier, nothing can compare to the diary of an enlisted man like John Hill Ferguson. A Scottish immigrant and a U.S. citizen since 1856, Ferguson enlisted in the Illinois Veteran Volunteers in 1860 and shortly afterward began to keep a diary. The annotated entries presented here, from 1864 and 1865, describe life in the Tenth Illinois as the troops made their way through the Carolinas and Georgia under Sherman. In these pages the details of Civil War soldiering become real, immediate, and personal, as do the daily dramas of life on the march. Smallpox struck Ferguson's unit early on, decimating his company; food, when there was any, was invariably poor; and always Confederate defenders waited up ahead, exacting a heavy toll on the advancing Northerners. These events and details, conveyed with all the force of Ferguson's fine intellect and superior powers of observation, offer an unforgettable firsthand view of that savage contest. Janet Correll Ellison is English as a Second Language Coordinator for the Executive MBA Program at Quincy University in Quincy, Illinois. Mark A. Weitz is an assistant professor of history at Auburn University - Montgomery and the author of A Higher Duty: Desertion among Georgia Troops during the Civil War (Nebraska 2000). "Readers will entirely enjoy On to Atlanta. It is genuine, uniquely personal, and close-up. They will like John Hill Ferguson. He was a good and decent man, with a keen eye for observation."ÑLarry G. Ligget, Historians of the Civil War Theater "Ferguson's account helps answer what the great scholars have been trying to understand for more than a century. What was the life of a soldier like in the Union and Confederate armies? Ferguson's own writings help explain exactly what life was like in Sherman's army. . . . Ferguson's diaries will prove very important to scholars of the war, adding a much-needed human touch to the perception of Sherman's army."ÑAaron Crawford, Civil War History "Ferguson's diary provides a detailed account of Sherman's campaign against Atlanta and is important to historians who study that aspect of the Civil WarÉ. This work will interest people studying Georgia in the Civil War, especially the soldiers who served in the state, the destruction of public and private property, and the civilians who lived through the experience."ÑGeorgia Historical Quarterly "On to Atlanta is a well-edited contribution to Civil War scholarship. . . . Ferguson's diaries are particularly unique. He not only recorded his regiment's movements, camp life, and battles, he also documented the struggles they faced together as wellÑfrom inadequate rations to smallbox."ÑWyatt C. Hornsby, North Carolina Historical Review
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FERGUSON, JOHN HILL; ELLISON, JANET CORRELL (EDITOR) WITH ASSISTANCE FROM WEITZ, MARK A. On To Atlanta: The Civil War Diaries Of John Hill Ferguson, Illinois Tenth Regiment Of Volunteers.
University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln: 2001. h Hardcover with dustjacket. Brand new book.
Historians have shown us the drama and sweep of the swathe Sherman's March cut through the South. Officers have bequeathed us accounts of what happened in strategic and practical terms. But for a gritty, day-by-day, on-the-ground view of what the march to Atlanta meant to the common soldier, nothing can compare to the diary of an enlisted man like John Hill Ferguson. A Scottish immigrant and a U.S. citizen since 1856, Ferguson enlisted in the Illinois Veteran Volunteers in 1860 and shortly afterward began to keep a diary. The annotated entries presented here, from 1864 and 1865, describe life in the Tenth Illinois as the troops made their way through the Carolinas and Georgia under Sherman. In these pages the details of Civil War soldiering become real, immediate, and personal, as do the daily dramas of life on the march. Smallpox struck Ferguson's unit early on, decimating his company; food, when there was any, was invariably poor; and always Confederate defenders waited up ahead, exacting a heavy toll on the advancing Northerners. These events and details, conveyed with all the force of Ferguson's fine intellect and superior powers of observation, offer an unforgettable firsthand view of that savage contest. Janet Correll Ellison is English as a Second Language Coordinator for the Executive MBA Program at Quincy University in Quincy, Illinois. Mark A. Weitz is an assistant professor of history at Auburn University - Montgomery and the author of A Higher Duty: Desertion among Georgia Troops during the Civil War (Nebraska 2000). "Readers will entirely enjoy On to Atlanta. It is genuine, uniquely personal, and close-up. They will like John Hill Ferguson. He was a good and decent man, with a keen eye for observation."ÑLarry G. Ligget, Historians of the Civil War Theater "Ferguson's account helps answer what the great scholars have been trying to understand for more than a century. What was the life of a soldier like in the Union and Confederate armies? Ferguson's own writings help explain exactly what life was like in Sherman's army. . . . Ferguson's diaries will prove very important to scholars of the war, adding a much-needed human touch to the perception of Sherman's army."ÑAaron Crawford, Civil War History "Ferguson's diary provides a detailed account of Sherman's campaign against Atlanta and is important to historians who study that aspect of the Civil WarÉ. This work will interest people studying Georgia in the Civil War, especially the soldiers who served in the state, the destruction of public and private property, and the civilians who lived through the experience."ÑGeorgia Historical Quarterly "On to Atlanta is a well-edited contribution to Civil War scholarship. . . . Ferguson's diaries are particularly unique. He not only recorded his regiment's movements, camp life, and battles, he also documented the struggles they faced together as wellÑfrom inadequate rations to smallbox."ÑWyatt C. Hornsby, North Carolina Historical Review
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