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

According to "Chapter 4: If I Flinched I Was Ruined," the ultimate test of leadership was what? (from Chapter 4, If I Flinched, I Was Ruined)

Which of the following Generals retrieved his character during the Battle of Fair Oaks? (from Chapter 4, If I Flinched, I Was Ruined)

When talking about how some soldiers' wives felt they had greater responsibility to their families than the founding fathers, a lieutenant from which regiment received letters from his wife complaining about raising three children without him? (from Chapter 8, The Cause of Liberty)

From which state was the major whose letter home during the summer of 1862 contained the line "slavery must be cleaned out," from which the title of the chapter was inspired? (from Chapter 9, Slavery Must be Cleaned Out)

When a young private predicted the bullet had not been made that would shoot him, McPherson notes he was correct because the private died in what prison? (from Chapter 5, Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers)