'Tis Not Our War: Avoiding Military Service in the Civil War North (Taylor - CH) Section- African Americans and Freedom Turning his horse to face

Turning his horse to face the line

Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains

Reynolds lost his life leading troops into action during the opening phases of the Battle of Gettysburg

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'Tis Not Our War: Avoiding Military Service in the Civil War North (Taylor - CH) Section- African Americans and Freedom Turning his horse to faceby 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