Which of the Following Is True of Desertions from the Confederate

question 147

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true of desertions from the Confederate army?

• A) The army was suffering a high rate of desertion by 1863, and the problem continued to grow worse.
• B) The army was plagued by a high rate of desertion from the beginning of the war.
• C) The army began experiencing significant desertions only in the last few months of the war.
• D) The army never had the desertion problem experienced by the northern army because southerners were so fervently committed to their cause.

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