DOC Gnosis: The Secrets of Solomon's Temple Revealed by Philip Gardiner in History

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An immense literature about the Civil War has nonetheless paid surprisingly little attention to the common soldier; North and South. Historians have shown even less concern for the long-term impact of this military service on American society. Larry M. Logue's To Appomattox and Beyond makes a major contribution in addressing this need. In a compact synthesis that draws upon important new materials from his own research; Logue provides the fullest account available of the Civil War soldier in war and peace—who fought; what happened to them in battle; how the public regarded them; how the war changed the rest of their lives; in what ways they were like and different from their counterparts across the Mason-Dixon line. To Appomattox and Beyond offers surprising conclusions about the psychological impact of warfare on its participants; about the North's generous pension system for veterans; and about the role that veterans played in politics and social issues; notably the Confederate racist reaction of the late nineteenth century. In a final irony; Logue points out; by the twentieth century men who had once been enemies now had more in common with each other than with the new world around them.