The Army changed what death meant in America. In both a logistical sense, and more meaningfully, in a spiritual sense, the sacrifices made by Army soldiers in the Civil War transformed how Americans buried their dead and what the experience meant to the nation.

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Matt Gallagher first gave voice to #GWOT soldier experience through a blog he wrote while deployed to Iraq (2007-2009) as a platoon leader. This week Army 250 interviews Matt about the Army, writing, and the ghosts and great novels of war.

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