Tar Heels in Gray: Life in the 30th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War (John B. Cameron - CA) pot the implementation of the draft

the implementation of the draft spurred a debate about sacrifice―both physical and ideological―as the Confederacy’s insatiable demand for soldiers only grew in the face of a grueling war

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Lee Through His Private Letters

Tar Heels in Gray: Life in the 30th North Carolina Infantry in the Civil War (John B. Cameron - CA) pot the implementation of the draftby John B. Cameron The 30th North Carolina Infantry was involved in most of the major battles in Virginia from the Seven Days through the surrender at Appomattox, and saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the American Civil War. Two thirds of these men volunteered early; the others were enlisted at the point of a bayonet. Their casualty rate was high, the rate of death from disease was higher and the desertion and AWOL rate was higher still. What was