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

When talking about the frustrations of Union soldiers in the last two years of the war, what amount do readers learn drafted men could pay to acquire a substitute? (from Chapter 10, We Know That We are Supported at Home)

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 most notorious massacre of black prisoners happened on April 12, 1864? (from Chapter 11, Vengeance Will be Our Motto)

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)

McPherson tells of a sergeant in the 20th Indiana during the Mine Run campaign who'd left _____________ to enlist. (from Chapter 5, Religion is What Makes Brave Soldiers)