Marching Masters: Slavery, Race, and the Confederate Army during the Civil War (A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era)
Marching Mastersmakes a strong point that beliefs in slavery and racial difference outlived their natal institution, and that some of the most important repositories for those long-lasting ideas were those who soldiered for the Confederate nation. Crisply written and well argued, this is a very good and important book that opens up new understanding about the Confederate war and its aftermath.(Susan Eva O’Donovan, University of Memphis, author ofBecoming Free in the Cotton South)Marching Mastersis based on extensive research and contains substantial documentation of the attitudes and values of many Confederate soldiers. In effective prose, it adds to a new and growing body of scholarship that applies the approaches of new social history to military topics.(Paul D. Escott, Wake Forest University, author of"What Shall We Do with the Negro?": Lincoln, White Racism, and Civil War America)