Valley of Despair: The hardships of war strained Southern patriotism

In the months that followed the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, the Confederacy saw its capacities weakening dramatically. In every community and in every regiment, people asked how much more they could, should, or would give to an imperiled cause.

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