Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War 1849-1861 (Robert W. Merry - CH) Section - Civil War Guide 46-year-old Harriet Patience Dame joined

46-year-old Harriet Patience Dame joined the Second New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry Regiment as a matron

whose troops escaped to Smithfield

and then take on the Germans and Italians in Tunisia

“never brought me a piece of false information

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Decade of Disunion: How Massachusetts and South Carolina Led the Way to Civil War 1849-1861 (Robert W. Merry - CH) Section - Civil War Guide 46-year-old Harriet Patience Dame joinedby Robert W. Merry With characteristic wisdom and grace (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prizewinning author) Robert W. Merry explores a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever demonstrating how the country came apart during the enveloping slavery crisis of the 1850s. The Mexican War brought vast new territories to the United States, which precipitated a growing crisis over slavery. The new territories seemed unsuitable for the type of