Desertion During the American Civil War

The first and most extensive research on civil war abandonment was done by Ella Lonn (1928). Regardless of age, absurdity of civil war is an important beginning for all future abandonment studies. Ron examined the abandonment of ignorance in front of Allied forces and Allied forces. In order to highlight the fear of war, she separated abandonment from bondage, mainly examined the reasons for abandonment and assessed the impact on the army. She insisted there are many reasons for abandonment of Allied forces, which has nothing to do with blasphemy.

During the American Civil War, both the Federation and the South Confederation had problems of abandonment. For allied forces, about 200 thousand people have been abandoned from their 2.5 million people. There are more than 100,000 people left the Confederate army, and this army is less than 1 million, it may be only one third of allied troops. By the end of the war, New York suffered 44,913 abandonments, Pennsylvania recorded 24,050, and Ohio reported 18,354 dumps. Approximately one-third of deserters have been voluntarily repatriated or repatriated after being arrested. Many abandonments are made by "professional" blessed men who would normally collect large prizes and attempt to repeat registration elsewhere as soon as possible. If they are caught, they will face executions; otherwise they may prove to be a very profitable criminal enterprise

To understand the understanding behind North Carolina's abandonment issue, it is important to first determine the actual situation of abandonment. There are various definitions about abandonment during the Civil War. During the war, the words AWOL (absence) and abandonment were used interchangeably, but they are not the same (Reid 1981, 239). This problem arises because American allies have never clearly and concisely defined the true meaning of abandonment (Reid 1981, 239). Deserters leave the army without permission and are not going to return home (Reid 1981, 239). These differences may have been clearly identified, but in the absence of them, especially in late stages of war the army suffered losses due to lack of records. Since careless officials are listing people who are not real deserters, the number of abandoned people is increasing (Reid 1981, 239).