Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era 1st Edition

Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780197601068, 0197601065

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0197601065
• ISBN-13: 9780197601068
• Author: Frances M. Clarke; Rebecca Jo Plant

An innovative study of underage soldiers and their previously unrecognized impact on Civil War era America.The smooth faces of boy soldiers stand out in Civil War photography, their spindly physiques contrasting with the uniformed adults they stood alongside. Yet until now, scholars have largely overlooked the masses of underaged youths who served as musicians, carried wounded from the field, ran messages, took up arms, and died in both the Union and Confederate armies.

Table contents:

I: Parental Rights and the Duty to Bear Arms: Congress, Courts, and the Military
1. Competing Obligations: Debating Underage Enlistment in the War of 1812
2. A Great Inconvenience: Prewar Legal Disputes over Underage Enlistees
3. Underdeveloped Bodies: Calculating the Ideal Enlistment Age
II: The Social and Cultural Origins of Underage Enlistment
4. Instructive Violence: Impressionable Minds and the Cultivation of Courage in Boys
5. Pride of the Nation: The Iconography of Child Soldiers and Drummer Boys
6. Paths to Enlistment: Work, Politics, and School
III: Male Youth and Military Service DURING the Civil War
7. Contrary to All Law: Debating Underage Service in the United States
8. Preserving the Seed Corn: Youth Enlistment and Demographic Anxiety in the Confederacy
9. Forced into Service: Enslaved and Unfree Youth in the Union and Confederate Armies

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