Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity (Bradley R. Clampitt- CA) mowday where they oversaw enslaved laborers

where they oversaw enslaved laborers and helped produce food and supplies for the front lines―that lasted till the end of the war

which had been built on the bones of the scuttled USS Merrimack in Portsmouth

Those pitiful forms who did make it home faced other problems—crippling wounds that prevented or limited their ability to earn a living

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each of which tackles a specific major issue:

Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity (Bradley R. Clampitt- CA) mowday where they oversaw enslaved laborersby Bradley R. Clampitt This groundbreaking analysis of Confederate demobilization examines the state of mind of Confederate soldiers in the immediate aftermath of war. Having survived severe psychological as well as physical trauma, they now faced the unknown as they headed back home in defeat. Lost Causes analyzes the interlude between soldier and veteran, suggesting that defeat and demobilization actually reinforced Confederate identity as well as