Download or read book The Army Under Fire written by Cecily N. Zander and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2024-02-14 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cecily N. Zander’s The Army under Fire is a pathbreaking study focusing on the fierce political debates over the size and use of military forces in the United States during the Civil War era. It examines how prominent political figures interacted with the professional army and how those same leaders misunderstood the value of regular soldiers fighting to reunify the fractured nation.