Today, many believe the Civil War was fought over slavery. This view satisfies our contemporary sense of justice, but as Gallagher's searing revisionist history shows, it is an anachronistic judgment. Northern citizen-soldiers fought the war to preserve the Union. Emancipation was secondary to the war's primary goal of safeguarding the republic.
- ISBN13 9780674060968
- Publish Date 14 May 2014 (first published 25 April 2011)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Harvard University Press
- Format eBook
- Pages 256
- Language English
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