The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era Keckley Frank’s letters go beyond his

Frank’s letters go beyond his direct combat experiences to include the camaraderie among the GIs

and saw some of the bloodiest fighting of the American Civil War

Confederate medical personnel frequently performed heroically under the most primitive of circumstances and made imaginative use of limited resources

a politician

described intense and harrowing experiences of the fierce battle in the days

The Army under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil War Era Keckley Frank’s letters go beyond hisWinner of the Wiley Silver Prize Cecily N. Zanders The Army under Fire is a pathbreaking study focusing on the fierce political debates over the size and use of military forces in the United States during the Civil War era. It examines how prominent political figures interacted with the professional army and how those same leaders misunderstood the value of regular soldiers fighting to reunify the fractured nation. Release date: February 2024