Both union and confederate soldiers often saw serving in the civil war asan honorable duty. a legal requirement. a new adventure. a way to earn a living.

C. New Adventure

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a new adventure.

Explanation:

American soldiers fought during Civil War for many different reasons. According to Abraham Lincoln, though, in an unpublished speech in which he talks about the Civil War draft, he mentions some of the reasons as he saw:

“Among these motives would be patriotism, political bias, ambition, personal courage, loved of adventure, want of employment, and convenience, or the opposite of some of these.”

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