Title: With ballot and bayonet
First published: 1998
Description: In this study of what motivated soldiers to enlist and fight in this nation's most bloody conflict, Joseph Allan Frank argues that politics was central to the development of the armies of the North and South: motivating soldiers, molding the organization, defining the qualifications of officers, shaping fighting styles, and framing the nature of relations between the army and society.

This study relies on the letters and diaries of more than a thousand soldiers, with the author using social science categories for identifying politically aware soldiers and then defining and classifying the levels of political socialization.
Subjects: Attitudes, History, Motivation (Psychology), Political socialization, Soldiers, United States, United States. Army, United states, army, history
Places: United States
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: E491 .F83 1998