Standing Firmly by the FlagFrom a pool of barely nine thousand men of military age, Nebraskastill a territory at the timesent more than three thousand soldiers to the Civil War. They fought and died for the Union cause, were wounded, taken prisoner, and in some cases deserted. But Nebraskas military contribution is only one part of the more complex and interesting story that James E. Potter tells in Standing Firmly by the Flag, the first book to fully explore Nebraskas