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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Hauptverfasser: Clarke, Frances M. 1966- (VerfasserIn), Plant, Rebecca Jo 1968- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2022
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:'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
Beschreibung:Also issued in print: 2023. - Includes bibliographical references and index
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ISBN:9780197601075
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197601044.001.0001