Mcpherson’s For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, interprets not what was previously expected from this novel, including the political and militaristic motivations, but rather the personal, and humanistic side of the Civil War. Slavery, being commonly interpreted as the highlighted factor concerning all things related to the Civil War, the assumption was that in all sincerity, this was the cause, sustentation, and motivation for War between the North and the South. But as McPherson bases his thesis on, with the letters he has chosen to do extensive reviews on, he shows what sustained the soldiers throughout the phases of war. The book is filled with constant references to Mcpherson’s sources, giving backing to his conclusions.…