How did film glory affect your reading of for cause-comrades

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Assignment:

Writean essay to evaluate For Cause & Comrades (FCC) by James M. McPherson as a source for understanding the past.

To what extent does McPherson succeed or fail in bringing you closer to understanding the real thoughts and emotions of Civil War soldiers? Explain your answer.

Describe some of the book's major strengths and weaknesses as a source for understanding the past.

Describe and explain your personal reaction to the book.

Provide specific examples from the book to support your answers.

Make at least TWO references to additional course readings, videos, and other resources such as The Pursuit of History by John Tosh,

Confederates in the Attic, your Valley of the Shadow primary source, and or videos viewed for class to support your evaluation of For Cause & Comrades. examples are:

How does Tosh describe the problems and opportunities associated with using letters and diaries as sources (Tosh, chapter 4).
What does Tosh say about the problem of there being gaps in the historical record (Tosh, chapter 7)?
How did the film "Glory" affect your reading of For Cause & Comrades?
How does For Cause & Comrades challenge or uphold certain aspects of the social memory of the Civil War (Tosh, chapter 1)?
How did the Civil War documentary videos affect your reading of For Cause & Comrades?
How did the experiences described in For Cause & Comrades agree or differ with the experiences of Civil War reenactors (living historians) in Confederates in the Attic?

Use the standard citation model to reference source (APA 7th edition). 3 pages

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