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War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion
- Title
- War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion / Thomas R. Flagel.
- Author
- Flagel, Thomas R., 1966-
- Publication
- Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2019]
- ©2019
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 19-8465 | Schwarzman Building - Milstein Division Room 121 |
Details
- Description
- xiv, 170 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This June 29-July 4 reunion drew over 55,000 official attendees plus thousands more who descended upon a town of 4,000 during the scorching summer of 1913, with the promise of little more than a cot and two blankets, military fare, and the presence of countless adversaries from a horrific war. Most were revisiting a time and place in their personal history that involved acute physical and emotional trauma. Contrary to popular belief, veterans were not motivated to attend by a desire for reconciliation, nor did the Great Reunion produce a general sense of a reunified country. The reconciliation premise, advanced by several major speeches at the anniversary, lived in rhetoric more than fact. Recent scholarship effectively dismantles this "Reconciliation of 1913" mythos, finding instead that sectionalism and lingering hostilities largely prevailed among veterans and civilians. Flagel examines how individual veterans viewed the reunion, what motivated them to attend, how they acted and reacted once they arrived, and whether these survivors found what they were personally seeking. While politicians and the press characterized the veterans as relics of a national crusade, Flagel focuses on four men who come to the reunion for different and very individual reasons. Flagel's book adds significantly to Gettysburg literature and to Civil War historiography."--
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-162) and index.
- Contents
- Planning glory -- Getting there -- Arrival -- The need to find -- "Veterans' Day" -- "Military Day" -- "Governors' Day" -- "National Day".
- Call Number
- JFE 19-8465
- ISBN
- 9781606353714
- 1606353713
- LCCN
- 2018052574
- OCLC
- 1054835542
- Author
- Flagel, Thomas R., 1966- author.
- Title
- War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion / Thomas R. Flagel.
- Publisher
- Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2019]
- Copyright Date
- ©2019
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-162) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1913
- Research Call Number
- JFE 19-8465