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

James M. McPherson

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Chapter 1, This War is a Crusade

Chapter 2, We Were in Earnest

Chapter 3, Anxious for the Fray

Chapter 4, If I Flinched, I Was Ruined

Chapter 5, Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers

Chapter 6, A Band of Brothers

Chapter 7, On the Altar of My Country

Chapter 8, The Cause of Liberty

Chapter 9, Slavery Must be Cleaned Out

Chapter 10, We Know That We are Supported at Home

Chapter 11, Vengeance Will be Our Motto

Chapter 12, The Same Holy Cause

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

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

In 1864, an officer in which regiment wrote of a successful attack on Confederate lines, defending the Weldon Railroad near Petersburg? (from Chapter 6, A Band of Brothers)

In the discussion of combat stress reaction, readers learn that this phenomenon was most common during which year of the Civil War? (from Chapter 12, The Same Holy Cause)

During the discussion of primary group cohesion, a soldier in the 122nd New York wrote to his sister in response to how he kept going through all BUT WHICH of these battles? (from Chapter 6, A Band of Brothers)

During the discussion of the American volunteers in the Spanish Civil War, what percentage found that "belief in war aims" helped overcome the fear of battle? (from Chapter 8, The Cause of Liberty)

When discussing the assertions of patriotism as a motivation for fighting, what percentage of the 429 Confederate letters and diaries used as sources affirmed this motivation? (from Chapter 7, On the Altar of My Country)