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For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War is a book by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author James M. McPherson. The book was published by Oxford University Press in 1997 and covers the lives and ideals of American Civil War soldiers from both sides of the war.
- James M. McPherson
- 1997
For cause and comrades: why men fought in the Civil War James M. McPherson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references (p.) and index. ISBN 0-19-509023-3 1. United States. Army—History—Civil War, 1861–1865. 2. Confederate States of America. Army—Biography. 3. Soldiers— United States—Psychology—History—19th century. 4. United
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5 nov 1998 · "McPherson, For Cause and Comrades, will make all of us rethink the meaning of the Civil War. By asking why men fought, and looking to the diaries and letters to see how and why they thought about war and its moral and ideological costs and consequences, McPherson puts us into the soul of America.
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- James M. McPherson
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- Oxford University Press
Lincoln, Chamberlain, De Forest, and the soldier son of a dirt farmer each in his own way outlined the themes that will be analyzed in this book. Many soldiers did indeed fight bravely for country, duty, honor, and the right. In retrospect almost all soldiers on both sides believed that they had done so.
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For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997. xviii, 237 pp., illustrations, index. In every war, combat soldiers leave family and lovers to crawl through unspeakably mangled human flesh in mud and blood.
