For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
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For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War is a historical study by James M. McPherson that analyzes the personal motivations and ideological convictions that led Union and Confederate soldiers to fight in the American Civil War.
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| For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
book
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history book ⓘ |
| analyzes |
why Confederate soldiers fought
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why Union soldiers fought ⓘ |
| author | James M. McPherson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awarded | Lincoln Prize NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardFor | best book on the American Civil War ⓘ |
| basedOn |
primary sources
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soldiers' diaries ⓘ soldiers' letters ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| examines |
role of defense of home and liberty for Confederate soldiers
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role of duty and honor for soldiers ⓘ role of ideology in combat motivation ⓘ role of patriotism in Civil War service ⓘ role of slavery and emancipation for Union soldiers ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
ideological convictions of Civil War soldiers
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letters and diaries of soldiers ⓘ personal motivations of Civil War soldiers ⓘ |
| genre |
historical study
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military history ⓘ |
| hasPerspective |
bottom-up view of the Civil War
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social history of warfare ⓘ |
| historicalContext | 19th-century United States ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
general readers of history
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scholars of the American Civil War ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressSubject |
United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Personal narratives
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United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Psychological aspects ⓘ |
| mediaType | print ⓘ |
| nonFictionSubject |
Civil War soldier psychology
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United States history ⓘ |
| notableFor |
comparative analysis of Union and Confederate motivations
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systematic use of soldiers' personal writings ⓘ |
| placesEmphasisOn |
continuity of soldiers' motivations over time
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importance of ideology in mass armies ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| publisher | Oxford University Press ⓘ |
| setting | Union and Confederate armies ⓘ |
| subject |
American Civil War
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Confederate Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Union Army NERFINISHED ⓘ military history ⓘ soldier motivation ⓘ |
| timePeriodCovered | 1861–1865 ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Pulitzer Prize–winning historian James M. McPherson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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