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For Cause and Comrades

James M. Mcpherson
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39 pages • 1 hour read

James M. Mcpherson

For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1997

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  • Chapter 1

  • Chapter 2

  • Chapter 3

  • Chapter 4

  • Chapter 5

  • Chapter 6

  • Chapter 7

  • Chapter 8

  • Chapter 9

  • Chapter 10

  • Chapter 11

  • Chapter 12

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    1.

    Name some of the reasons McPherson gives that cause soldiers to continue to fight.

    2.

    Name some of the reasons soldiers quit fighting. 

    3.

    According to McPherson, how do the North and South differ geographically, economically, and culturally? 

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