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Rich Man's War, a Poor Man's Fight
Bessie Martin
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Description for Rich Man's War, a Poor Man's Fight
Paperback. At the start of the Civil War in 1861, many men in Alabama enthusiastically enlisted. After all these family breadwinners marched off to duty, the number of indigent families in the state rose dramatically. This book argues that Confederate soldiers left their posts due to poverty at home. Series: Library of Alabama Classics Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
At the start of the Civil War in 1861, many men in Alabama enthusiastically enlisted. After these husbands, fathers, and brothers - all family breadwinners - marched off to duty, the number of indigent families in the state began to rise dramatically. Inflation, lack of transportation, a drastically decreased labor force, war taxes, and enemy invasion all created an increasingly desperate economic situation, especially in less affluent northern and south-eastern sections of the state. In some places, women and children were reported to be near starvation, bread riots erupted, and begging was common. As soldiers became more and more distressed ... Read more
At the start of the Civil War in 1861, many men in Alabama enthusiastically enlisted. After these husbands, fathers, and brothers - all family breadwinners - marched off to duty, the number of indigent families in the state began to rise dramatically. Inflation, lack of transportation, a drastically decreased labor force, war taxes, and enemy invasion all created an increasingly desperate economic situation, especially in less affluent northern and south-eastern sections of the state. In some places, women and children were reported to be near starvation, bread riots erupted, and begging was common. As soldiers became more and more distressed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Alabama Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Series
Library of Alabama Classics Series
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817350109
SKU
V9780817350109
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About Bessie Martin
Born in Marion, Alabama, in 1891, Bessie Martin received both her M.A. and Ph.D. in history from Columbia University. She returned to Alabama and taught at Judson College, Mark A. Weitz is Assistant Professor of History at Auburn University Montgomery and author of A Higher Duty: Desertion among Georgia Troops during the American Civil War.
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