Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era (Sarah J. Purcell - CH) Style:Hardcover by Chris Mackowski & Frank

by Chris Mackowski & Frank J

by Harold Holzer

Along the Mississippi River and other inland waterways across the South

each had energetically sought the presidency as the conflict over slavery was leading inexorably to secession and civil war

Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era (Sarah J. Purcell - CH) Style:Hardcover by Chris Mackowski & Frankby Sarah J. Purcell This illuminating book examines how the public funerals of major figures from the Civil War era shaped public memories of the war and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities. These funerals featured lengthy processions that sometimes crossed multiple state lines, burial ceremonies open to the public, and other cultural productions of commemoration such as oration and song. As Sarah J.