Title Remembering the Civil War : reunion and the limits of reconciliation / Caroline E. Janney

Published Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2013]

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 451 pages) : illustrations Series The Littlefield history of the Civil War era Littlefield history of the Civil War era. Contents The war, April 1861-March 1865 -- A magnanimous peace? April-May 1865 -- Mourning and celebration in the wake of war, 1865-1869 -- Union and emancipation, 1865-1880s -- The lost cause, 1867-1890 -- Our friends, the enemy, 1880s-early 1900s -- Slavery, race, and reconciliation, 1880s-1890s -- Women and reconciliation, 1880s-1910s -- A new generation, 1913-1939 Summary As early as 1865, survivors of the Civil War were acutely aware that people were purposefully shaping what would be remembered about the war and what would be omitted from the historical record. In Remembering the Civil War, Caroline E. Janney examines how the war generation--men and women, black and white, Unionists and Confederates--crafted and protected their memories of the nation's greatest conflict. Janney maintains that the participants never fully embraced the reconciliation so famously represented in handshakes across stone walls. Instead, both Union and Confederate veterans, a Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-419) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Reunions -- United States -- History -- 19th century Reunions -- United States -- History -- 20th century Memory -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century Memory -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877) Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Memory -- Social aspects Reunions Social aspects Veterans Sezessionskrieg. Kollektives Gedächtnis Versöhnung SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Influence. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140242 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781469607078 1469607077 1469607972 9781469607979

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