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For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
For Cause and Comrades Why Men Fought in the Civil War
Author: James M. McPherson
General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield. Gazing at Bloody Lane where, in 1862, several Union assaults were brutally repulsed before they finally broke through, he marveled, "You couldn't get American soldiers today to ma...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195090239
ISBN-10: 0195090233
Publication Date: 2/12/1997
Pages: 237
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Publisher: Oxford University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Though this was a required book to read for my American History course, I found it fascinating and enlightening. Seeing what men wrote to their families and associates while embroiled in the devastation of the Civil War of 1861 to 1865 was very edifying. Though there weren't many letters written, this is a valuable look at why our men are willing to suffer, bleed and die for our nation. This war, more than perhaps any other in our history, was fought for our nation's identity.
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