{"product_id":"civil-war-soldiers","title":"Civil War Soldiers","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eCivil War Soldiers\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eReid Mitchell\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780140263336\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003ePenguin Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e1997\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e288\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eModerate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eThe soldiers on both sides of the Civil War were united by a common history, and yet the legacy of this past was ambiguous, upholding both rebellion and union. Union and Confederate men went to war as Americans, convinced they fought an un-American, savage enemy. The war they fought was as emotional and catastrophic as any in history, a violent crucible that forged a new national identity. \u003ci\u003eCivil War Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh and compelling attempt to fathom the war's significance--then and now--and makes immediate the charged issues and bitter ironies of a nation torn by a conflict over the common ideals of liberty and justice. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on diaries and letters, the focus of this pioneering study is on the men who fought, caught up in a conflict whose causes and consequences seemed as complex and contradictory to the soldiers themselves as they do to us. Reid Mitchell re-creates their experience and discusses the questions one would have most wanted to ask them: Why did you fight? How did you feel about slavery and race? What did you take home from the war? What legacy have you left us? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fresh insights, startling descriptions, and poignant human detail about the war from the men who fought it.\"--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Civil War Soldiers | Reid Mitchell | Paperback | 9780140263336 | Used: Good | Back Stacks I 1771619","offer_id":50751869223170,"sku":"1771619","price":16.61,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0609\/3327\/5906\/files\/81PsW8wIBrL.jpg?v=1791994716","url":"https:\/\/boswellsbooks.com\/products\/civil-war-soldiers","provider":"Boswell's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}