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Weitz must be commended for his bold attempt to tell such an important story. Hopefully, his work here will drive other scholars to revisit desertion as a topic of study and, in time, a collection of literature befitting such an important aspect of the Confederate war effort will emerge. Peter S./div>--06272008 H-Net Book Reviews (06/27/2008)

Like prisoners of war, who have received little scholarly attention until recently, deserters have not been the subject of a general study since Ella Lonn's 1928 work. This comprehensive treatment supersedes that landmark for Rebels. Dense and crowded with details, Weitz proceeds in chronological fashion, employing a disease analogy to follow the spread of desertion through all parts of the South, devoting equal attention to the eastern and western theaters, and using data not available to Lonn. -Michael B. Chesson, Military History of the West -- Michael B. Chesson Military History of the West (02/27/2007)

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Mark A. Weitz is the former director of the Civil War Era Studies Program at Gettysburg College. He is the author of A Higher Duty: Desertion among Georgia Troops during the American Civil War (Nebraska 2005).

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