Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity (Bradley R. Clampitt- CA) school but during the Civil War

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Their meticulous work provides the first exploration of the critical role Texas enlisted men and officers played in the three days of fighting near West Chickamauga Creek in September 1863

The conclusion of America’s Civil War set off an ongoing struggle as a fractured society suffered the psychological consequences of four years of destruction

Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity (Bradley R. Clampitt- CA) school but during the Civil Warby Bradley R. Clampitt This groundbreaking analysis of Confederate demobilization examines the state of mind of Confederate soldiers in the immediate aftermath of war. Having survived severe psychological as well as physical trauma, they now faced the unknown as they headed back home in defeat. Lost Causes analyzes the interlude between soldier and veteran, suggesting that defeat and demobilization actually reinforced Confederate identity as well as