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History 1301- 5032
9/21/23
For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War
Writing Assignment
1.
True or false? Civil War armies were some of the most literate in history until that time (1 point):
True.
2.
What is rage militaire? (1 point):
Rage militaire refers to the intense emotional state, including fear, excitement, and aggression,
experienced by soldiers during battle.
3.
True or false? During the Civil War conventions of masculinity equated admissions of fear with
cowardice (1 point):
True.
4.
According to McPherson, what might be the origin of the Rebel Yell? (1 point):
The Rebel Yell may have originated from Native American war cries, which soldiers in the
Confederate Army adopted and adapted.
5.
According to McPherson, what is “combat narcosis?” (1 point):
Combat narcosis refers to the psychological and emotional numbness that soldiers may
experience during intense combat situations.
6.
True or false? According to McPherson, Civil War armies were, arguably, the most religious in
American history (1 point):
True.
7.
True or false? Confederate defeats at Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and Missionary Ridge inspired a
remarkable wave of religious revivals in both the Army of Northern Virginia, the Army of
Tennessee, and other Confederate armies (1 point):
False.
8.
True or false? According to the concept of “primary group cohesion,” a soldier’s primary group
was his regiment, state, country, and flag (1 point):
True.
9.
Name one of the most sought-after reading materials in Civil War camps (1 point):
Newspapers and letters from home were among the most sought-after reading materials.
10.
True or false? Confederate prospects for victory appeared brightest in the months after the
Emancipation Proclamation (1 point):
False.
11.
True or false? The Emancipation Proclamation intensified a moral crisis in Union armies during
the winter of 1862-1863 (1 point):
True.
12.
Name one of the convictions that functioned as the principal sustaining motivations of Civil War
soldiers (1 point):
Patriotism or love for their homeland.
13.
Name one of the primary sources of combat motivation (1 point):
Comradeship or the desire to support and protect fellow soldiers.
14.
True or false? According to McPherson, desertion rates were probably higher among married
than unmarried soldiers, especially in the Confederacy (1 point):
True.
15.
True or false? One of the things that most embittered Union soldiers in the last two years of the
war was the opportunity for drafted men to hire a substitute or pay a $300 commutation fee (1
point):
True.
16.
True or false? The most notorious massacre of black prisoners took place at Saltville, Virginia, in
April of 1864 (1 point):
True.
17.
True or false? Civil War soldiers were familiar with the terms “shell shock,” “battle fatigue,” and
“combat stress reaction” (1 point):
False. These terms were not used during the Civil War.
18.
Name the most serious and prolonged form of combat stress reaction (1 point):
PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder).
19.
True or false? The Confederacy both discussed, and actually passed, a bill to enroll slaves in their
army (1 point):
True.
20.
True or false? In the election of 1864, the Democrat’s platform was written by the Peace
Democrats, who stood for the restoration of the Union by military victory (1 point):
False. The Democrats' platform in 1864 was focused on negotiating peace with the Confederacy.
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