Download or read book To Battle for God and the Right written by Emerson Opdycke and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2003-01-28 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The wartime letters of Opdycke, a lieutenant with the 41st Ohio Infantry and later a commander of the 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, to his wife Lucy, reveal his views on slavery, the conflict between states' rights and loyalty to the Union, along with firsthand accounts of the fighting in the western theater, including the battles of Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, and Franklin.