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Option 2-Union and Confederate
soldiers• views, personally, on what they
were fighting for in the Civil War, and
particularly their views on slavery.
• Thanks to the emphasis on literacy in
the Early Republic era, more than 80%
of Confederate soldiers and 90% of
Union soldiers could read and write
(which was very high for any army in the
world at the time). Soldiers on both
sides of the war wrote frequent letters
home, which left us with a fantastic
source of first-hand knowledge about
the conditions soldiers faced in the war
and what they felt they were fighting for.
Historian James McPherson spent
years looking through Civil War soldiers’
letters to give us a sense of what the
war was like for the men who fought
it. In chapter 3 of his book, which you
will read, he looked specifically at
Confederate and U.S. soldier’s views on
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Confederate and U.S. soldier’s views on
slavery, and the role it played in
motivating their participation.
• Read Chapter 3 in James
McPherson’s What They Fought For.
o Scanned pdf of the cha嚀OR
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• Write a 3-4 page (double spaced)
paper responding to the following
prompts, with specific, detailed
references to the chapter (i.e., your
paper must demonstrate that you
completed the assigned chapter, and
thought critically about it):
o What role did the issue of slavery
play in how Confederate soldiers
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o What role did the issue of slavery
play in how Confederate soldiers
(both slaveowners AND non-
slaveowners) viewed the Civil War
and their understanding of what they
were fighting for?
o What were Union soldiers’views on
slavery?
o How did soldiers on each side
explain their views? What words did
they use to explain their views, and
what did they mean with those
words?
o McPherson argues that
many Union soldiers’views on
slavery changed throughout the Civil
War. What do the letters written by
Union soldiers during the war tell us
about when, how and why their
views changed?
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• Your response MUST include specific details
or examples from the
readings/podcast/articles assigned for your
topic. You are also encouraged to incorporate
relevant information from the weekly lesson
and/or textbook to support your argument.
• Any copying of ideas or information from an
internet source, aside from sources provided
above, will be considered plagiarism and will
resu It in an F on the paper. Your papers will be
checked with anti-plagarism software when
you submit it.
• You MUST provide citations for all direct
quotes you use from the readings. At the end
of the quote, provide the following information:
o For an article or chapter: (Author’s last
name, page#)
o For a podcast: cite the time of the quote.
o For websites: cite the relevant webpage.
o For Option 2, the citations will all be:
(McPherson, page #}. You cite the author of
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and/or textbook to support your argument.
• Any copying of ideas or information from an
internet source, aside from sources provided
above, will be considered plagiarism and will
resu It in an F on the paper. Your papers will be
checked with anti-plagarism software when
you submit it.
• You MUST provide citations for all direct
quotes you use from the readings. At the end
of the quote, provide the following information:
o For an article or chapter: (Author’s last
name, page#}
o For a podcast: cite the time of the quote.
o For websites: cite the relevant webpage.
o For Option 2, the citations will all be:
(McPherson, page #}. You cite the author of
the chapter, not the soldier who said the
quote.
o You do not need to provide a Works Cited
or Bibliography page.
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