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AN ANALYSIS OF UNIT COHESION IN THE 44TH GEORGIA INFANTRY
SCOTT T. GLASS, MAJ, USA
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE
Military History
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
1999
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
ABSTRACT
The Army of Northern Virginia built its foundation on bedrock regiments like the 44th Georgia Infantry. It is the collective battlefield performance by regiments such as these that gave the Army of Northern Virginia a reputation that few armies ever attain. This thesis analyzes the cohesive factors of training, economic background, religion, family ties, and leadership in the 44th Georgia. The regiment needed all of these factors to hold together through a series of battlefield victories and disasters. Material concerning the 44th Georgia comes from family histories, soldier diaries and letters, reminiscences, census records, and the soldier's individual compiled service records. The conclusion is that the 44th Georgia continued to be an effective fighting force on par with other Army of Northern Virginia regiments until the very end of the war. It could do this despite horrible losses because the cohesive factors at work always kept the regimental remnant together and fighting.
Cheers,
USS ALASKA
SCOTT T. GLASS, MAJ, USA
U.S. Army Command and General Staff College
MASTER OF MILITARY ART AND SCIENCE
Military History
Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
1999
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
ABSTRACT
The Army of Northern Virginia built its foundation on bedrock regiments like the 44th Georgia Infantry. It is the collective battlefield performance by regiments such as these that gave the Army of Northern Virginia a reputation that few armies ever attain. This thesis analyzes the cohesive factors of training, economic background, religion, family ties, and leadership in the 44th Georgia. The regiment needed all of these factors to hold together through a series of battlefield victories and disasters. Material concerning the 44th Georgia comes from family histories, soldier diaries and letters, reminiscences, census records, and the soldier's individual compiled service records. The conclusion is that the 44th Georgia continued to be an effective fighting force on par with other Army of Northern Virginia regiments until the very end of the war. It could do this despite horrible losses because the cohesive factors at work always kept the regimental remnant together and fighting.
Cheers,
USS ALASKA
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