Confederate Conscription and the Struggle for Southern Soldiers

by John M Sacher and John M. Sacher

Winner of the Jules and Frances Landry Award
Finalist for the 2022 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize

In April 1862, the Confederacy faced a dire military situation. Its forces were badly outnumbered, the Union army was threatening on all sides, and the twelve-month enlistment period for original volunteers would soon expire. In response to these circumstances, the Confederate Congress passed the first national conscription law...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807176214
• ISBN13: 9780807176214
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: LSU Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 8.0" x 9.2"