Title: Lincoln's mercenaries : economic motivation among Union soldiers during the Civil War /
Authors: Marvel, William,
Year: 2018
Subjects: United States. Recruiting, enlistment, etc.; United States. History; United States.; Recruiting and enlistment; United States History; United States
Abstract: "Lincoln's Mercenaries considers the question of whether the burden of military service in the Union army was borne mainly by the poor during the American Civil War"--
Contents: Hard times -- Ninety-day war: Lincoln's militia call -- Arm'd year: three-year volunteers, 1861 -- Families fighting a hard war -- Raising a bounty army: volunteers and drafted militia, 1862 -- Bounty men go to war -- Soldiers of misfortune, 1862-1863 -- The rising price of patriotism, 1863-1865 -- The needy hero.