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Record Nr.

UNINA9910813074603321

Autore

Marten James Alan

Titolo

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

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2011

ISBN

1-4696-0308-X

0-8078-7768-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (352 p.)

Collana

Civil War America

Disciplina

973.7/1

Soggetti

Adaptability (Psychology)

Adjustment (Psychology)

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Veterans

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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