Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity (Bradley R. Clampitt- CA) school A Children's book based on

A Children's book based on the true story of the drummer boy who marched with the 105th Illinois Infantry with General Sherman in his capture of Atlanta

The conclusion of America’s Civil War set off an ongoing struggle as a fractured society suffered the psychological consequences of four years of destruction

The investigations into these disasters are detailed

but during the Civil War

Their meticulous work provides the first exploration of the critical role Texas enlisted men and officers played in the three days of fighting near West Chickamauga Creek in September 1863

Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity (Bradley R. Clampitt- CA) school A Children's book based onby Bradley R. Clampitt This groundbreaking analysis of Confederate demobilization examines the state of mind of Confederate soldiers in the immediate aftermath of war. Having survived severe psychological as well as physical trauma, they now faced the unknown as they headed back home in defeat. Lost Causes analyzes the interlude between soldier and veteran, suggesting that defeat and demobilization actually reinforced Confederate identity as well as