Publication Date
12-1-1996
Document Type
Article
First Page
124
Last Page
139
Abstract
Scholars agree that during the Civil War most Federal soldiers saw their primary purpose as saving the Union, but their loyalty to the Union was expressed in complex ways. Using a sample of thirty-seven collections of Civil War correspondence and diaries, Andy DeRoche assesses the soldiers ’ view of the war, the Union, the Conscription Act, and the elections of 1864. Above all, loyalty to family structured their thinking about these momentous national questions.
Recommended Citation
DeRoche, Andy. "Blending Loyalties: Maine Soldiers Respond to The Civil War." Maine History 35, 3 (1995): 124-139. https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/mainehistoryjournal/vol35/iss3/3