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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL:  The Political Debate Over the Size & Use of U.S. Mil
 itary Forces During The Civil War
UID:18575
DTSTAMP:20260416T090100Z
DTSTART:20260219T000000Z
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LOCATION:Athol Public Library, 568 Main St, Athol, MA 01331, United States
ROOM: VIRTUAL:  The Political Debate Over the Size & Use of U.S. Milit
 ary Forces During The Civil War
DESCRIPTION:**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE V
 IA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Webinar via em
 ail.**Author Cecily N. Zander will give a presentation based on her lates
 t book, The Army Under Fire: The Politics of Antimilitarism in the Civil W
 ar Era. Winner of The Center for Civil War Research's 2025 Wiley-Silv
 er Prize (best first book on Civil War history), 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 profession
 al army and how those same leaders misunderstood the value of regular sold
 iers fighting to reunify the fractured nation. Zander is assistant profess
 or of history at Texas Woman’s University and a Senior Fellow at Souther
 n Methodist University’s Center for Presidential History. Register dire
 ctly on Zoom HERE. RECORDING NOTE: This program will be recorded. All reg
 istrants will receive the recording via email within 48 hours of the progr
 am.Made possible by a collaboration with the Tewksbury Public Library.Free
  and open to the public.Registration required.
URL:https://athol.librarycalendar.com/event/virtual-political-debate-over-
 size-use-us-military-forces-during-civil-war-18575
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