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  1. For Cause and Comrades incorporates these themes of the Cause for which Civil War soldiers professed to fight but goes well beyond them to analyze the full range of causes why they fought and how they coped with the enormous stresses and emotions of combat.

  2. Nov 5, 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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  3. Apr 3, 1997 · by James M. McPherson (Author) Format: Kindle Edition. 4.5 531 ratings. See all formats and editions. General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous 101st Airborne Division in the 1970s and subsequently Army Chief of Staff, once visited Antietam battlefield.

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  4. Apr 3, 1997 · For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War. James M. McPherson. Oxford University Press, Apr 3, 1997 - History - 256 pages. General John A. Wickham, commander of the famous...

  5. Aug 28, 2021 · For cause and comrades : why men fought in the Civil War. by. McPherson, James M. Publication date. 1997. Topics. United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865, Confederate States of America. Army -- Biography, Soldiers -- United States -- Psychology -- History -- 19th century, Combat -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 19th century ...

  6. Apr 3, 1997 · Until recently, the common stance has been that soldiers enlisted out of economic need and stayed out of loyalty to their comrades. The respected Civil War historian James M. McPherson weighs in with a different point of view in For Cause and Comrades.

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  7. For Cause and Comrades deserves similar accolades, as McPherson's masterful prose and the soldiers' own words combine to create both an important book on an often-overlooked aspect of our bloody Civil War, and a powerfully moving account of the men who fought it.

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