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Wars within a War

Controversy and Conflict over the American Civil War

Joan Waugh

Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: 06/2009
Pages: 312
Subject: History | University of North Carolina
Print ISBN: 9.78E+12
eBook ISBN: 9780807898444

DESCRIPTION

Comprised of essays from twelve leading scholars, this volume extends the discussion of Civil War controversies far past the death of the Confederacy in the spring of 1865. Contributors address, among other topics, Walt Whitman's poetry, the handling of the Union and Confederate dead, the treatment of disabled and destitute northern veterans, Ulysses S. Grant's imposing tomb, and Hollywood's long relationship with the Lost Cause narrative. The contributors are William Blair, Stephen Cushman, Drew Gilpin Faust, Gary W. Gallagher, J. Matthew Gallman, Joseph T. Glatthaar, Harold Holzer, James Marten, Stephanie McCurry, James M. McPherson, Carol Reardon, and Joan Waugh.

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