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A More Civil War: How the Union Waged a Just War (Civil War America)

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Right through the Civil War, Americans confronted profound moral problems about tips on how to fight in the conflict. In this innovative book, D. H. Dilbeck reveals how the Union sought to wage a just war against the Confederacy. He shows that northerners fought in step with a distinct “moral vision of war,” an array of ideas about the nature of a really just and humane military effort. Dilbeck tells how Union commanders crafted rules of conduct to verify their soldiers defeated the Confederacy as hastily as conceivable at the same time as also limiting the total destruction unleashed by the fighting. Dilbeck explores how Union soldiers abided by official just-war policies as they battled guerrillas, occupied cities, retaliated against enemy soldiers, and came into contact with Confederate civilians.

In contrast to up to date scholarship focused solely on the Civil War’s carnage, Dilbeck details how the Union sought both to deal sternly with Confederates and to adhere to certain constraints. The Union’s earnest effort to wage a just war in the long run helped give the Civil War its distinct character, a blend of immense destruction and remarkable restraint.

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