How did duty and honor compel us into this awful war?

OldGreyWolf

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Much is written about the "duty" and "honor" of the men that fought on the various battlefields of the late great unpleasantness, but I am not sure many of us know exactly what it meant to them.

What is the general consensus regarding "duty" and "honor" and the American Civil War soldier?

How did they regard "duty"? Duty to self; to family and friends; to neighbors; to State and to Country.

How did they regard "honor"? What was considered honorable and dishonorable and why?

What had we ought to learn from their example? What have we forgotten?

If there is one thing I've learned on this long hunt for truth; I have more questions than answers.
 
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