Across the divide : Union soldiers view the northern home front

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Ramold, Steven J. author

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""Ramold disputes the old argument that citizen-soldiers in the Union Army differed little from civilians. He shows how a chasm of mutual distrust grew between soldiers and civilians during four ye...

""Ramold disputes the old argument that citizen-soldiers in the Union Army differed little from civilians. He shows how a chasm of mutual distrust grew between soldiers and civilians during four years of fighting that led many Democratic soldiers to ... build the groundwork for the postwar Republican Party. Filled with gripping anecdotes, this book makes for fascinating reading.""--Scott Reynolds Nelson, College of William and Mary Union soldiers left home in 1861 with expectations that the conflict would be short, the purpose of the war was clear, and public support back home was universal. As th.

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