Somebody's darling : essays on the Civil War / Kent Gramm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gramm, Kent.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863.

Wilderness, Battle of the, Va., 1864.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Influence.

United States.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Literature and the war.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In his latest book, Kent Gramm examines the meaning of the Civil War experience in our lives and explores philosophical and personal aspects of the War that lie outside the scope of traditional historical study. He probes the meaning of Gettysburg, the Wilderness, and Antietam; the lives of U. S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, O. O. Howard, and Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce; and the legacy of the unknown participant, ""somebody's darling,"" for whom the war would come to encompass all things. The Iron Brigade a

Contents:

The Gettysburg nobody knows

Somebody's darling

Ghosts of Gettysburg

A ghost story

American Iliad

The song of god

Wilderness

The real war

"nothing but omnipotence"

A soldier's grave

A soldier's bones

Face-to-face

Witness

" . . . you cannot refine it"

The road to Gettysburg.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-06294-8

9786612062940

0-253-10913-2

OCLC:

179155822