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 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)

In the discussion of the psychological and physiological issues soldiers faced in 1864, a private in the 100th Pennsylvania wrote that he slept one night out of how many? (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)

Between May 5 and June 22, 1864, the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia experienced casualties amounting to what percent of their original strength? (from Chapter 12, The Same Holy Cause)

During Stonewall Jackson's Shenandoah Valley campaign in 1862, some of his men fought five battles in addition to marching how many miles in a single month? (from Chapter 12, The Same Holy Cause)