A Tale of Two Armies: The Confederate Army of Northern...
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A Tale of Two Armies: The Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac and Their Culture Joseph T. Glatthaar Stephenson Distinguished Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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A Tale of Two Armies: The Confederate Army of Northern
Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac and Their Culture
Joseph T. GlatthaarStephenson Distinguished Professor
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sample of Army of Northern
Virginia• 600 Soldiers Chosen Randomly
– 300 Infantrymen
– 150 Cavalrymen
– 150 Artillerymen
– 44 Officers and 556 Enlisted Men
• 51 Areas of Information
19 Prewar Categories
26 Wartime Categories
Sample of Army of the Potomac
• 800 Soldiers Chosen Randomly
– 400 Infantrymen
– 200 Cavalrymen
– 200 Artillerymen
– 37 Officers and 763 Enlisted Men
• 61 Areas of Information
29 Prewar Categories
32 Wartime Categories
6.310
83.7
6.911.3
81.8
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
80
90
Artillery Cavalry Infantry
Branches in Armies (%)
Union
Confederate
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
<1821 1821-30 1831-35 1836-40 1840-45 >1845
Year of Birth
Union
Confederate
34.6
65.4
21
37.5
62.5
31.2
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Married Single Father
Marriage and Fatherhood (%)
Union
Confederate
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Personal and Family Wealth (%)
Union
Confederate
64
23.2
12.8
61.4
24.7
14
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Lower Middle Upper
Economic Class, Union States and Army of the Potomac (%)
Union States AP
48.4
26.9 24.7
41.7
22.8
35.5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Lower Middle Upper
Economic Class, Southern States and Army of Northern Virginia (%)
So. States
ANV
4.9
19.924.9
13
37.2
44.4
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
45
50
Personal Personal andFamily
Household
Slaveholding by Percent
SlaveStates
Army
61.4
24.7
14
41.7
22.8
35.5
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
70
Lower Middle Upper
Economic Class, Army of the Potomac and Army of Northern Virginia (%)
Union
Confederacy
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Occupation (%)
Union
Confederate
20.6
13.1
1.2
24.726.8
15
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Died WIA POW
Officers Dead, Wounded, and Captured (%)
Union
Confederates
0
10
20
30
40
50
60
Occupation (%)
Union
Confederate
20.6
13.1
1.2
24.726.8
15
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
Died WIA POW
Officers Dead, Wounded, and Captured (%)
Union
Confederates
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Jul-Sep61
Oct-Dec61
Jan-Mar62
Apr-Jun62
Jul-Sep62
Oct-Dec62
Jan-Mar63
Apr-Jun63
Jul-Sep63
Oct-Dec63
Jan-Mar64
Apr-Jun64
Jul-Sep64
Oct-Dec64
Jan-Apr65*
Quarterly Desertion
AP
ANV
10.3
20
0
5
10
15
20
25
Union Confederate
Fatherhood and Desertion
Union
Confederate
35.4
10.8
37.5
19
0
5
10
15
20
25
30
35
40
Married Married Who Deserted
Marriage and Desertion (%)
Union
Confederate
