More damning than slaughter : desertion in the Confederate Army / by Weitz, Mark A., 1957-

Table of Contents: “…The American practice -- My country-- my home -- Into the breach, 1861 -- Desertion in the heartland, 1862 -- Desertion in the East and the folly of leniency, 1862 -- Desertion, ideology, and the insidious business of oaths, 1863 -- "The number of desertions is so great," 1863 -- "War of the most wretched and savage character" -- The order of the day, 1864 -- "We conquered ourselves," 1865 and conclusion.…”