| Edition |
1st Anchor Books ed. |
| Description |
xv, 88 pages ; 21 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
The Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures in southern history |
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Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures in southern history.
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| Note |
Originally published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, ©1994, in series: The Walter Lynwood Fleming lectures in southern history. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 71-85) and index. |
| Summary |
An analysis of the Civil War, drawing on letters and diaries by more than one thousand soldiers, gives voice to the personal reasons behind the war, offering insight into the ideology that shaped both sides. |
| Contents |
"The holy cause of liberty and independence" -- "The best government on God's footstool" -- "The war will never end until we end slavery." |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Causes.
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War -- Causes.
(OCoLC)fst01170331
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) (OCoLC)fst01351658 |
| Chronological Term |
1861-1865
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| ISBN |
0385476345 |
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9780385476348 |
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