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December 8
it is the collective personal odysseys of thousands of individual life stories
by Walter Stahr
a stray Confederate sniper’s bullet
Dedication of the Peace Light Memorial
A Republic in the Ranks (Fry UA) Section-Gettysburg Maps December 8A Republic in the Ranks: Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the Potomac (Civil War America) by Zachery Fry The Army of the Potomac was a hotbed of political activity during the Civil War. As a source of dissent widely understood as a frustration for Abraham Lincoln, its onetime commander, George B. McClellan, even secured the Democratic nomination for president in 1864. But in this comprehensive reassessment of the army's politics, Zachery A. Fry