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With Ballot and Bayonet: The Political Socialization of American Civil War Soldiers

With Ballot and Bayonet: The Political Socialization of American Civil War Soldiers

Frank, Joseph Allan

Paperback

Civil War Period (1850-1877)General Political Science

ISBN10: 0820350362
ISBN13: 9780820350363
Publisher: Univ Of Georgia Pr
Published: May 15 2016
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.79 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

In this groundbreaking study of what motivated soldiers to enlist and fight in this nation's most bloody conflict, Joseph Allan Frank argues that politics was central to the development of the armies of the North and South: motivating soldiers, molding the organization, defining the qualifications of officers, shaping fighting styles, and framing the nature of relations between the army and society.

Frank describes how political considerations motivated the soldiers and inspired the loyalty of the officers and men, assuring military cohesion. He reveals that these stalwart citizen soldiers remarkably remained true to the cause even as esprit de corps and small group bonding diminished, as new recruits replaced old comrades, and as old regiments were consolidated into new ones. His book relies on the letters and diaries of more than a thousand soldiers, with the author using social science categories for identifying politically aware soldiers and then defining and classifying the levels of political socialization.

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