'Tis Not Our War: Avoiding Military Service in the Civil War North (Taylor - CH) Section-General Robert E. Lee Drawing on research in military

Drawing on research in military archives and materials from Elrod’s family

They were pestered by many types of insects

Mark Nesbitt is the author of the popular Ghosts of Gettysburg

Union surgeon James Dana Benton witnessed firsthand the suffering and death brought about by the ghastly wounds

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'Tis Not Our War: Avoiding Military Service in the Civil War North (Taylor - CH) Section-General Robert E. Lee Drawing on research in militaryby Paul Taylor James McPhersons classic book For Cause & Comrades explained why men fought in the Civil Warand spurred countless other historians to ask and attempt to answer the same question. But few have explored why men did not fight. Thats the question Paul Taylor answers in this groundbreaking Civil War history that examines the reasons why at least 60 percent of service eligible men in the North chose not to serve and why, to some extent, their