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Deserter Declarations

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Deserter Declarations

Letters from North Carolinians Who Abandoned Their Confederate Units

Various AuthorsSeries: New Perspectives on the Civil War Era

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Year

2026

Language

English

University of Georgia Press

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This book explores nearly two hundred letters from Confederate deserters to Governor Zebulon B. Vance from 1861 to 1865. It shares the voices of deserters or friends and family petitioning on their behalf. Browning helps us understand who deserters were and lets us tease out some of the factors that motivated soldiers to leave their posts. These letters add vivid specificity to the often-contentious debates over deserters in the Confederacy and shed light on the changing attitudes of deserters over the course of the war. North Carolina is an excellent case study for desertion, as the state had the highest number of deserters. The Old North State also represents a microcosm of the entire South's geography and demography.

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Letters
Literary Collections
Adult Nonfiction
Civil War Period (1850-1877)
United States
History
South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
State & Local

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SeriesNew Perspectives on the Civil War Era

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Various AuthorsAuthor