What is the union soldiers’ reason for hanging farquhar?

He attempted to destroy the bridge that  union soldiers’  needed to suppply food, weapons and other sutff. Hope it helps

the quote by walter cronkite contributes to the central idea of the text by supporting the central idea. cronkite argues that what is deemed “right” for and in america may not be good for other countries. this supports the central idea of the text, that the vietnam war was unpopular in america for multiple reasons- including cronkite’s.