{"product_id":"9780140263336","title":"Civil War Soldiers","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe soldiers on both sides of the Civil War were united by a common history, and yet the legacy of this past was ambiguous, upholding both rebellion and union. Union and Confederate men went to war as Americans, convinced they fought an un-American, savage enemy. The war they fought was as emotional and catastrophic as any in history, a violent crucible that forged a new national identity. \u003ci\u003eCivil War Soldiers\u003c\/i\u003e is a fresh and compelling attempt to fathom the war's significance—then and now—and makes immediate the charged issues and bitter ironies of a nation torn by a conflict over the common ideals of liberty and justice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on diaries and letters, the focus of this pioneering study is on the men who fought, caught up in a conflict whose causes and consequences seemed as complex and contradictory to the soldiers themselves as they do to us. Reid Mitchell re-creates their experience and discusses the questions one would have most wanted to ask them: Why did you fight? How did you feel about slavery and race? What did you take home from the war? What legacy have you left us?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Fresh insights, startling descriptions, and poignant human detail about the war from the men who fought it.\"—\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022081016048,"sku":"9780140263336","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140263336_p0.jpg?v=1763642073","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140263336","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}