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Tag Archives: Desertion
Prisoner of War or Constructive Deserter?
It pays to read the (often lengthy) footnotes when researching first-person accounts in the venerable Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Seemingly minor vignettes can speak to big issues. An article by Colonel Rush C. Hawkins describing his service … Continue reading
Posted in Common Soldier, Emerging Civil War, Politics
Tagged Charles W. Flusser, Desertion, George Pickett, pardon, Rush C. Hawkins, Ulysses S. Grant
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Executions in the Confederate Army
Emerging Civil War welcomes back Michael Aubrecht As the war dragged on into its third and fourth years, soldiers on both sides of the conflict began to flee the army in record numbers. Some were traumatized by the horrors they … Continue reading
Posted in Armies, Common Soldier
Tagged 13th South Carolina, capital punishment, Desertion, execution, firing squad, spencer glasgow welch
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Julie Mujic Talks Desertion and Abandonment
Good luck today to ECW’s Julie Mujic, who’s presenting a paper at the conference of the Society of Civil War Historians in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Julie, an assistant professor of history at Sacred Heart University, recently did a Q&A with the … Continue reading
