Ebook: Marching masters: slavery, race, and the Confederate army during the Civil War
Author: Confederate States of America. Army, Confederate states of America. Army, Woodward Colin Edward
- Tags: African Americans, Armed Forces--Military life, Esclavage--États-Unis--États-Unis (sud)--19e siècle, Military participation--African American, Military policy, Slavery, Slavery--Southern States--History--19th century, Social aspects, Soldiers--Attitudes, Soldiers--Confederate States of America--Attitudes, History, Confederate States of America. -- Army -- Military life, Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Attitudes, Slavery -- Southern States -- History -- 19th century, Confederate States of America
- Series: Nation divided
- Year: 2014
- Publisher: University of Virginia Press
- City: Charlottesville;Confederate States of America;États-Unis;Southern States;United States
- Language: English
- epub
The Confederate army went to war to defend a nation of slaveholding states, and although men rushed to recruiting stations for many reasons, they understood that the fundamental political issue at stake in the conflict was the future of slavery. Most Confederate soldiers were not slaveholders themselves, but they were products of the largest and most prosperous slaveholding civilization the world had ever seen, and they sought to maintain clear divisions between black and white, master and servant, free and slave.
In Marching Masters Colin Woodward explores not only the importance of slavery in the minds of Confederate soldiers but also its effects on military policy and decision making. Beyond showing how essential the defense of slavery was in motivating Confederate troops to fight, Woodward examines the Rebels' persistent belief in the need to defend slavery and deploy it militarily as the war raged on. Slavery proved essential to the Confederate war machine, and...