Desertion During the Civil War.(Review)

The Historian | September 22, 1999| | Copyright

Desertion During the Civil War. By Ella Lonn. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1997. Pp. v, 251. $12.00.)

A "primer" is a textbook that gives the first principles on any subject. Ella Lonn's Desertion in the Civil War is such a work, providing the starting point for any serious study of Civil War desertion even though it was first published more than a generation ago. The author admitted that her work was, "[a] general study to throw more light on this neglected phase of our Civil War History" (154). Though far from a definitive statement, it remains the only ...

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