What They Fought for 1861-1865 by James M. McPherson

What They Fought for 1861-1865



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ISBN: 9780385476348
Page: 112
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Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group


Their rights to secede, and to govern themselves. As James McPherson writes in What They Fought For, 1861-1865,. Had Lee chosen They fought for their rights. What They Fought For 1861–1865. Plenty of soldiers believed that the proclamation had changed the purpose of the war. In the end, was it really worth it? America's Constitution: A Biography McCullough, David. They had gone to war not to free the slaves but to preserve the nation! The 15th South Carolina participated in the fighting at Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and Gettysburg, where they lost their beloved Colonel DeSaussure. 200000 dead from battle wounds, and 520000 from disease. Was the pain, the hunger, the loss, really worth the fight? The American Reader: Words that Moved a Nation, 2nd Edition Amar, Akhil Reed. If not for the actions of a few select people, it could have been years shorter and thousands of men could have been left alive. Had they won, it might have been a different story. One of the bloodiest wars fought.