Format:
Online-Ressource (373 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780786465859
Content:
During the Civil War, Confederate military courts sentenced to death more soldiers from North Carolina than from any other state. This study offers the first exploration of the service records of 450 of these wayward Confederates, most often deserters. Arranged by army, corps, division and brigade, it chronicles their military trials and frequent executions and offers explanations of how the lucky and the clever were able to avoid their fate. Focus on court activity by company allows for comparisons that emphasize the wide disparity in discipline within a regiment and brigade. By stressing the
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Cover; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Preface; Part I. Army of Northern Virginia; 1. History of North Carolina Troops in the Army of Northern Virginia; 2. Third Corps, Wilcox Division, Branch-Lane-Barry Brigade; 3. Third Corps, Wilcox Division, Pender-Scales Brigade; 4. Third Corps, Heth Division, Pettigrew-Kirkland-MacRae Brigade; 5. Third Corps, Heth Division, Cooke Brigade; 6. Second Corps, Rodes Division, Daniel-Grimes Brigade; 7. Second Corps, Rodes Division, Anderson-Ramseur-Cox Brigade; 8. Second Corps, Early Division, Hoke-Godwin-Lewis Brigade
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9. Second Corps, Early Division, Garland-Iverson-Johnston-Toon Brigade10. First and Third North Carolina Infantry Regiments; 11. First Corps; Part II. Department of North Carolina; 12. History of North Carolina Troops in the Department of North Carolina; 13. Ransom Brigade; 14. Clingman Brigade; 15. Martin-Kirkland Brigade; Part III. Army of Tennessee; 16. History of North Carolina Troops in the Army of Tennessee; 17. Fifty-Eighth and Sixtieth North Carolina Infantry Regiments; 18. Twenty-Ninth and Thirty-Ninth North Carolina Infantry Regiments; 19. Palmer Brigade; 20. Jackson Brigade
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Part IV. Attached Units and Local Defense21. Cavalry; 22. Artillery; 23. North Carolina Local Defense Force; Epilogue. March Off, Straggle Home; Chapter Notes; Bibliography; Index;
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780786488575
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780786465859
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Civil War Courts-Martial of North Carolina Troops
Language:
English
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