Mutiny in the Civil War

Webb B. Garrison

White Mane Books, 2001 - HISTORY - 310 pages

This is the first ever study on mutiny during the Civil War, covering approximately two hundred separate incidents, and in startling fashion, highlights and dramatizes the rigid class distinctions of military machines on both sides, in which the gulf between a commissioned officer and a private was stupendously wide. Here Webb Garrison dispels the romantic and nostalgic notion that every man carrying a musket or rifle revered his officers and his central government. At the same time, sources of many mutinies show us how clumsy and inefficient the war effort really was.

About the author

Webb Garrison is a former university dean & college president who has spent a lifetime collecting & chronicling Civil War imagery & documentation. He has written more than 1,000 articles for magazines, & over 65 books - of which the most popular are on the Civil War; their cumulative sales are approaching one million copies. He is a frequent speaker on this subject for radio talk shows & national TV programs. Webb Garrison lives in North Carolina.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Mutiny in the Civil War
• Author: Webb B. Garrison
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: White Mane Books, 2001
• ISBN: 1572492155, 9781572492158
• Length: 310 pages
• Subjects: HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)