'Tis Not Our War: Avoiding Military Service in the Civil War North (Taylor - CH) Section-General Robert E. Lee Union surgeon James Dana Benton

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

and a home to its residents including the author

this volume reveals the Whartons' wartime experience from their courtship in the spring of 1863 to June 1865

easy-to-use guide

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

'Tis Not Our War: Avoiding Military Service in the Civil War North (Taylor - CH) Section-General Robert E. Lee Union surgeon James Dana Bentonby 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