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Mcpherson And The Civil War

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McPherson addresses an issue/problem people have had when we talk/write about the Civil War. That problem is what was both sides truly fighting for. This war broke up the Union into two parts, North and South. Without the war happening, America would not be same America as today. We as Americans need to know the real reason why in 1861, the North and South went against each other and that was because of slavery. McPherson does a good job at getting to that issue. Mcpherson talked about what some soldiers believed they were fighting for, like liberty, freedom, etc., but all of those reasons were all coming from one main reason and that was slavery. During the first two chapter the book looked into other main reasons soldiers were fighting for,

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