Citizen-Officers: The Union and Confederate Volunteer Junior Officer Corps in the American Civil War by Andrew S. Bledsoe

Citizen-Officers: The Union and Confederate Volunteer Junior Officer Corps in the American Civil War

Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War

Andrew S. Bledsoe

352 pages • missing pub info (view editions)

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From the time of the American Revolution, most junior officers in the American military attained their positions through election by the volunteer soldiers in their company, a tradition that reflected commitment to democracy even in times of war. ...

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