Riding the rails to war -- Dealing with bounty jumpers -- Union war meetings -- Mutiny of the 79th New York Cameron Highlanders Regiment -- Union soldiers support Lincoln for president -- A Union soldier describes his emotions at the Battle of Antietam -- Death on horseback at Gettysburg -- Questioning the Invalid Corps -- A Union soldier describes the horror of prison life at Andersonville -- A husband letter of love -- A conscientious objector's refusal to kill -- A Union Black soldier speaks out against pay discrimination -- Bearing the burdens of war -- Witnessing a battlefield hospital.
Summary:
Presents excerpts from letters, newspaper articles, speeches, and diaries which offers views about the plight of the Union soldiers during the Civil War.
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