View from the Ground Experiences of Civil War Soldiers

The View from the Ground brings together the perspectives of Civil War soldiers on all aspects of the conflict, revealing as much about nineteenth-century America as it does about the war itself. The contributors to The View from the Ground investigate the issues engaged by soldiers during the war, including slavery and racial tensions, the isolation that many men of faith felt in the early months of the war, the divide between soldiers and civilians, the inherent difficulty in reconciling the act of killing with Christian precepts of charity and peacefulness, and the ways veterans remembered the war. The View from the Ground shows that soldiers willfully shaped the course of the war, as soldiers and as citizens. The result is a collection that illustrates how new questions and fresh analysis of participants? lives and writings can expand our knowledge of our nation's greatest conflict.Sheehan-Dean, Aaron is the author of 'View from the Ground Experiences of Civil War Soldiers', published 2006 under ISBN 9780813124131 and ISBN 0813124131.