Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity (Bradley R. Clampitt- CA) Section - 2nd Day Abraham Lincoln is arguably the

Abraham Lincoln is arguably the most studied and admired of all Americans

who served honorably and well in every major action of the Army of the Potomac before being relieved less than two weeks before Appomattox

severely wounded and left for dead on Little Round Top

and movements

deal with the loss of her own mother

Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity (Bradley R. Clampitt- CA) Section - 2nd Day Abraham Lincoln is arguably theby 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