After the feverish mobilization of secession had faded, why did
Southern men join the Confederate army? Kenneth Noe examines the
motives and subsequent performance of "later enlisters." He offers
a nuanced view of men who have often been cast as less patriotic
and less committed to the cause, rekindling the debate over who
these later enlistees were, why they joined, and why they stayed
and fought.
Noe refutes the claim that later enlisters were more likely to
desert or perform poorly in battle and reassesses the argument that
they were less ideologically savvy than their counterparts who
enlisted early in the conflict. He argues that kinship and
neighborhood, not conscription, compelled these men to fight: they
were determined to protect their families and property and were
fueled by resentment over emancipation and pillaging and
destruction by Union forces. But their age often combined with
their duties to wear them down more quickly than younger men,
making them less effective soldiers for a Confederate nation that
desperately needed every able-bodied man it could muster.
"Reluctant Rebels" places the stories of individual soldiers in the
larger context of the Confederate war effort and follows them from
the initial optimism of enlistment through the weariness of battle
and defeat.
"Reluctant Rebels" places the stories of individual soldiers in
the larger context of the Confederate war effort and follows them
from the initial optimism of enlistment through the weariness of
battle and defeat.
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