A poor man's fight :Civil War enlistment patterns in Conway, New Hampshire: Historical New Hampshire / William Marvel.

Title:

A poor man's fight :Civil War enlistment patterns in Conway, New Hampshire: Historical New Hampshire / William Marvel.

Author:

Marvel, William.

Call Number:

977.8 N5321h

Publication Information:

Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1988.

Physical Description:

p. 21 - 40.

Source:

Vol. 43, No. 1 (Spring, 1988) Historical New Hampshire.

Description:

Critics of the American Civil War have charged that it was "a rich man's war, but a poor man's fight." Information from the 1860 census for Conway, New Hampshire, supports the charge, showing that two poorer farm areas provided 53% of the town's soldiers although the areas represented only 27% of the town's population. Casualty rates for volunteers from the farm districts were almost three times greater than for volunteers from Conway's other five districts. Problems created by the war may also have accelerated the postwar decline of Conway's poor farm districts.

Language:

English.

Locations:

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865.
United States. Army Recruiting, enlistment etc. Civil War, 1861-1865.
Conway (N.H.) History.

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