Of age: boy soldiers and military power in the Civil War era

'Of Age' focuses on underage enlistment in the US Civil War. By tracing the heated conflicts between parents who sought to recover their sons and military and federal officials who resisted their claims, this book exposes larger, underlying struggles over the centralization of wartime lega...

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Main Authors: Clarke, Frances M. 1966- (Author), Plant, Rebecca Jo 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2022
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:'Of Age' focuses on underage enlistment in the US Civil War. By tracing the heated conflicts between parents who sought to recover their sons and military and federal officials who resisted their claims, this book exposes larger, underlying struggles over the centralization of wartime legal and military power
Item Description:Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource Illustrationen
ISBN:9780197601075
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197601044.001.0001