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Secession: A Crack in the Long Grey Line
Contributor(s): U S Department of Defense (Author)

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 ISBN: 1500340898     ISBN-13: 9781500340896
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
OUR PRICE: $14.20  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: June 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Physical Information: 0.07" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" L (0.24 lbs) 36 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 1851-1899
- Topical - Civil War
 
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The Civil War split West Point apart, as t did the entire United States. Of the 278 cadets present at the Academy on November 1, 1860, eighty-six cadets hailed from Southern States. By June 1861, sixty-five of these Southern cadets had been discharged, dismissed, or resigned do to causes related to the Civil War, leaving only twenty-one Southerners at the Academy. Why did the majority of Southern cadets resign from West Point despite having sworn to bear true faith and allegiance to their country? Loyalty to respective states, the influence of family and friends, and the resignations of respected and popular Southern officers at the Academy surface as the overriding reasons for the Southern cadets' resignations.
 
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