A collection of essays that examine how we have memorialized the Civil War
Brian Matthew Jordan is associate professor and chairperson
of history at Sam Houston State University. He is the author or
editor of five books, including Marching Home: Union Veterans and
Their Unending Civil War; The War Went On: Reconsidering the Lives
of Civil War Veterans; and A Thousand May Fall: An Immigrant
Regiment’s Civil War.
Jonathan W. White is professor of American studies at
Christopher Newport University. He is the author or editor of
sixteen books, including Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep and
Dreams during the Civil War; Emancipation, the Union Army, and the
Reelection of Abraham Lincoln; and A House Built by Slaves: African
American Visitors to the Lincoln White House.
Final Resting Places contains elements that certainly will surprise readers who thought they knew everything about the American Civil War. The essays deal with more than death and dying: they reveal cogent details of how people lived, strived for various goals while here on Earth, and have been remembered." - William A. Blair, author of Cities of the Dead: Contesting the Memory of the Civil War in the South, 1865-1914
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