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5 - Historians and Moral Judgments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 May 2024

Kenneth B. Pyle
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University of Washington
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Chapter 5 recounts the 2nd Texas’ first battle experience at Shiloh and the subsequent allegations of cowardice. It explains efforts by the men to defend themselves, as well as their supporters. Their Col. John C. Moore filed multiple reports to explain his unit’s actions the second day of the fight; their Lt. Col. William P. Rogers vowed to prove his men’s valor.

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Hiroshima and the Historians
Debating America's Most Controversial Decision
, pp. 125 - 154
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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