Lincoln's Mercenaries - Economic Motivation Among Union Soldiers During the Civil War

Informationen zum Autor William Marvel is the author of twenty books on the American Civil War, including Lincoln's Mercenaries: Economic Motivation among Union Soldiers during the Civil War . Klappentext "Lincoln's Mercenaries considers the question of whether the burden of military service in the Union army was borne mainly by the poor during the American Civil War"-- Zusammenfassung Considers whether poor northern men bore the highest burden of military service during the American Civil War. Examining data on median family wealth from the 1860 United States Census, Marvel reveals the economic conditions of the earliest volunteers from each northern state during the seven major recruitment and conscription periods of the war.

Product details

• Authors: William Marvel
• Publisher: Louisiana state univ pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9780807169520
• ISBN: 978-0-8071-6952-0
• No. of pages: 360
• Series: Conflicting Worlds: New Dimens; Conflicting Worlds: New Dimens; Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous