gorevment

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After reading a recent article on were loyalties lie with the common

foot soldier in the civil war. I put my self in there place and asked myself. Would I

be loyal to my country or my family? After thinking of this for sometime I reached a

conclusion. I would think that my loyalty would fall at home. But I think that my

opinion might change given certain circumstances. The author gave true testimony

from the soldiers of Maine. By using things such as letters and diaries. He brought

the true feelings of the soldiers back to life. The question that peleged these men

was the draft. The thought that most of the men had was that they agreed with it.

As long as there families were not directly affected. They felt that if one person in

the family was doing there share for the war. That all of the other family members

should stay home and take care of each other. "I should advise you to stay home

and let the war and sea go to hell, for there is plaices that a man can make more

than to go to sea or war eather."(1) Through out the essay quotes of sons telling

there mothers and fathers not to let there sibling join the war effort. This is an

example of the men were there loyalty lied at home wi

find out what the average man thought. Was through letters and diaries and

3.) Hannibal Johnson and his siblings near Columbia voted three to one in

thirteen dollar a month salary a solider did not make enough to support him and his

been humbled."(2) And one can not forget about the men who truly had the most to

2.) Levi Perry, from an article by Andy DeRoche, Blending Loyalties

efforts. His mother told him to continue to fight to make sure they did not die in

poles were taken Lincoln came out on top. In a least three P.O.W. camps.(3) Thus

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