Lessons in leadership from an American Civil War diary

Much has been written about the key players like Grant, Sherman, and Lee.

But, there’s a lot we can learn from the Civil War soldiers who actually did the fighting to preserve our Union.

Silman Andre’s American Civil War Diary AND his experience fighting for the Union Army BRING US leadership lessons that still apply today.

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June 20th, 1864

We took up our line of retreat about two o'clock in the morning, the Rebs still following us up and firing into our rear guards. We marched all day and all night, only stopping long enough to make a little coffee, that being all we had in the way of rations.”

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