Sing not war : the lives of Union and Confederate veterans in Gilded Age America / James Marten.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Marten, James Alan, author.

Series:

Civil War America (Series)

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adaptability (Psychology).

Adjustment (Psychology).

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

United States.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2011]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 non-veterans.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, Mar

Contents:

1. Melt away ye armies : endings and beginnings

2. Maimed darlings : living with disability

3. Saner wars : veterans, veteranhood, and commerce

4. Regiments so piteous : soldiers' homes, communities and manhood

5. Another gathering army : pensions and preference

6. Sad, unnatural shows of war : veterans' identity and distinctiveness.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

979-88-908813-5-9

1-4696-0308-X

0-8078-7768-9

OCLC:

824487065