For Cause and Comrades by James M Mcpherson
In this volume the author recreates the war and battle experience of the Civil War from the point of view of the soldiers themselves, drawing on over 25,000 letters written by more than 1000 soldiers, both Union and Confederate. He demonstrates that the men remained highly motivated and idealistic.
This is an extraordinary book, full of fascinating details and moving self-portraits* The Wall Street Journal _ _ *
James McPherson is the George Henry Davis '86 Professor of American History at Princeton University where he has taught since 1962. The author of eleven books on the Civil War era of American History, he won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1989 for Battle Cry of Freedom.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780195124996 |
| ISBN 10 | 0195124995 |
| Title | For Cause and Comrades |
| Author | James M Mcpherson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Year published | 1998-11-05 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
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