'Tis Not Our War: Avoiding Military Service in the Civil War North (Taylor - CH) killed reached the town of Dranesville

reached the town of Dranesville in Fairfax County

of one man's will to turn the nation's face toward freedom -- all these passionate events come alive in a powerful and moving narrative of Lincoln's

a staunch northern abolitionist

He overcomes these obstacles by winning the respect of his former competitors

'Tis Not Our War: Avoiding Military Service in the Civil War North (Taylor - CH) killed reached the town of Dranesvilleby 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