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Ruffner, Kevin Conley. "Border State Warriors: Maryland’s Junior Officers in the Union and Confederate Armies," George Washington University, 1991. Advisor: Michael Musick/James O. Horton (2, 11, 23)
This dissertation is a study of Maryland’s captains and lieutenants who served in the Union Army of the Potomac and the confederate Army of Northern virginia. It examines the antebellum social, political, geographic, and cultural development of Maryland and how this influenced Marylanders choice of sides. The thesis assesses a sample group of 365 officers of the Union Maryland Brigade and the confederate Maryland Line, and probes their backgrounds and the impact of military service and the war experience. The thesis places the study of military organizations within the context of American cultural history.
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