James Marten

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Sing Not War: The Lives of Union and Confederate Veterans in Gilded Age AmericaPaperback, 1 December 2014

Sing Not War: The Lives of Union and Confederate Veterans in Gilded Age America
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Civil War America
Part of Series
Civil War America (Paperback)
Print Length
352 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Date Published
1 Dec 2014
ISBN-10
1469622025
ISBN-13
9781469622026

Description

After the Civil War, white Confederate and Union army veterans reentered--or struggled to reenter--the lives and communities they had left behind. In Sing Not War, James Marten explores how the nineteenth century's "Greatest Generation" attempted to blend back into society and how their experiences were treated by nonveterans.

Many soldiers, Marten reveals, had a much harder time reintegrating into their communities and returning to their civilian lives than has been previously understood. Although Civil War veterans were generally well taken care of during the Gilded Age, Marten argues that veterans lost control of their legacies, becoming best remembered as others wanted to remember them--for their service in the war and their postwar political activities. Marten finds that while southern veterans were venerated for their service to the Confederacy, Union veterans often encountered resentment and even outright hostility as they aged and made greater demands on the public purse. Drawing on letters, diaries, journals, memoirs, newspapers, and other sources, Sing Not War illustrates that during the Gilded Age "veteran" conjured up several conflicting images and invoked contradicting reactions. Deeply researched and vividly narrated, Marten's book counters the romanticized vision of the lives of Civil War veterans, bringing forth new information about how white veterans were treated and how they lived out their lives.

Product Details

Author:
James Marten
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 December 2014
Dimensions:
23.39 x 15.6 x 2.01 cm
ISBN-10:
1469622025
ISBN-13:
9781469622026
Language:
English
Location:
Chapel Hill
Pages:
352
Weight:
539.77 gm

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