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Awaiting the heavenly country : the Civil War and America's culture of death /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schantz, Mark S. (Mark Saunders), 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Casualties > Social aspects.
Death > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
War and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Table of Contents:
  • "Emblems of mortality"
  • "The heavenly country"
  • "Melancholy pleasure"
  • "A voice from the ruins"
  • "Better to die free, than to live slaves"
  • "The court of death."