Title: For Cause and Comrades
Subtitle: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
Description: Drawing on letters written by over 1000 soldiers, both Union and Confederate, during the American Civil War, this book recreates the war and its battles. It finds the men to be idealistic about the cause for which they fought, regardless of the obstacles and deprivations that they faced.
Subjects: Biography, Combat, Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Army, History, Psychological aspects, Psychological aspects of Combat, Psychology, Soldiers, United States, American Civil War (1861-1865), Motivatie, Soldaten, Amerikaanse burgeroorlog, Personal narratives, Army, War, New York Times reviewed
Places: United States, Confederate States of America
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865