The Battlefield and Beyond: Essays on the American Civil War

[...]Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Kenneth Nivison, and Emory M. Thomas round out the volume with a discussion of memory featuring the national drama of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the memorialization of the battle of Gettysburg, and the history of the Museum of the Confederacy as lessons in forgin...

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Published in:Journal of Southern History 2013, Vol.79 (4), p.969
Main Author: Engle, Stephen D
Format: Review
Language:English
Subjects:
American Civil War
Brown, Kenneth
Colleges & universities
Leadership
Lee, Robert E (1807-70)
Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865)
National identity
Race relations
Sutherland, Daniel E
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Summary:[...]Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Kenneth Nivison, and Emory M. Thomas round out the volume with a discussion of memory featuring the national drama of Abraham Lincoln's assassination, the memorialization of the battle of Gettysburg, and the history of the Museum of the Confederacy as lessons in forging a national identity that represents a collective usefulness of the past-lest we forget.
ISSN:0022-4642
2325-6893