gorevment

             After reading a recent article on were loyalties lie with the common
             foot soldier in the civil war. I put my self in there place and asked myself. Would I
             be loyal to my country or my family? After thinking of this for sometime I reached a
             conclusion. I would think that my loyalty would fall at home. But I think that my
             opinion might change given certain circumstances. The author gave true testimony
             from the soldiers of Maine. By using things such as letters and diaries. He brought
             the true feelings of the soldiers back to life. The question that peleged these men
             was the draft. The thought that most of the men had was that they agreed with it.
             As long as there families were not directly affected. They felt that if one person in
             the family was doing there share for the war. That all of the other family members
             should stay home and take care of each other. "I should advise you to stay home
             and let the war and sea go to hell, for there is plaices that a man can make more
             than to go to sea or war eather."(1) Through out the essay quotes of sons telling
             there mothers and fathers not to let there sibling join the war effort. This is an
             example of the men were there loyalty lied at home with there family. With only a
             thirteen dollar a month salary a solider did not make enough to support him and his
             family. Thus if all the males were fighting in the war how would the females get
             buy at home. This is why it is very logical that some men would have there loyalty
             fall at home. But there is another side to the story too. This side shows the men
             who felt that family only followed government. A Young man named Perry Levi is
             an excellent example of this. After losing his father and his brother to the war
             efforts. His mother told him to continue to fight to make sure they did not die in
             vain. "Two years of fighting has not lessened my love for my Country o...

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