Fallen Leaders: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War(ed. Chris Mackowski, CH) confederate Most who bristled at the

Most who bristled at the compulsory draft did so believing it did not align with their vision of the Confederacy

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Lincoln feared that the war could end in Union victory with slavery still intact

Fallen Leaders: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War(ed. Chris Mackowski, CH) confederate Most who bristled at theEditor Chris Mackowski Fallen Leaders: Favorite Stories and Fresh Perspectives from the Historians at Emerging Civil War recounts the fall of some of the most famous, infamous, and underappreciated commanders from both the North and South. The Civil War took as many as 720,000 lives and maimed hundreds of thousands more. The fallen included outstanding leaders on both sides, from a U. S. president all the way down the ranks to beloved regimental