True. But if your tales be true then apparently the confederate problem rose to the level of whole armies deserting. I'm not aware of that happening in the Union army.
The People resigned the war and went home. If one guy takes French leave, that's desertion. When the People in arms do it, that's going home, period. You still haven't read that Scarry law article yet, have you?
"If your tales be true...." -- that what you call my quoting seven pages of history? And rustbucket's links to his 2003 posted quotations and epitomes?
"If you can read," you might take a look yourself.