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Article Title

CIVIL WAR SESQUICENTENNIAL : Union Soldiers' Motivations

Authors

Chandra Manning

Abstract

State of the Field: Where are Union Soldiers Now, and Where in the World Should they Go Next?

“Who wouldn’t be a soldier?" joked many new Union Army recruits when they wrote home to complain about the bad food and boring drill exercises that characterized their first weeks of service. So....