{"product_id":"tis-not-our-war-paul-taylor-9780811775380","title":"'Tis Not Our War: Avoiding Military Service in the Civil War North","description":"\u003cp\u003eJames McPherson's classic book \u003ci\u003eFor Cause \u0026amp; Comrades\u003c\/i\u003e explained \"why men fought in the Civil War\"--and spurred countless other historians to ask and attempt to answer the same question. But few have explored why men did \u003ci\u003enot \u003c\/i\u003efight. That's 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 communities allowed them to do so. Did these other men not feel the same patriotic impulses as their fellow citizens who rushed to the enlistment office? Did they not believe in the sanctity of the Union? Was freeing men held in chains under chattel slavery not a righteous moral crusade? And why did some soldiers come to regret their enlistment and try to leave the military?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Tis Not Our War\u003c\/i\u003e answers these questions by focusing on the thoughts, opinions, and beliefs of average civilians and soldiers. Taylor digs deep into primary sources--newspapers, diaries, letters, archival manuscripts, military reports, and published memoirs--to paint a vivid and richly complex portrait of men who questioned military service in the Civil War and to show that the North was never as unified in support of the war as portrayed in much of America's collective memory. This book adds to our understanding of the Civil War and the men who fought--and did not fight--in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Paul Taylor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811775380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811775380\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stackpole Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/18\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024 pg. 106","brand":"Paul Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44829717954815,"sku":"9780811775380","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_67b65338-cdaf-4c84-8366-91c6c7d9045d.jpg?v=1708451466","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tis-not-our-war-paul-taylor-9780811775380","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}