"How Like Hell Them College Boys Did Fight": Hillsdale College and the Civil War

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Hillsdale College's motto is "pursuing truth and defending liberty, since 1844." The first great test of that motto came during the Civil War. Hillsdale College professor, Peter Jennings, tells the remarkable story of Hillsdale's student soldiers, and their role in preserving the union.

 

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