02922nam 2200649 a 450 991045695820332120200520144314.01-4696-0308-X0-8078-7768-9(CKB)2550000000035338(EBL)690705(OCoLC)824487065(SSID)ssj0000525687(PQKBManifestationID)11347395(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525687(PQKBWorkID)10508279(PQKB)11723192(MiAaPQ)EBC690705(MiAaPQ)EBC4322002(OCoLC)966765525(MdBmJHUP)muse46543(Au-PeEL)EBL690705(CaPaEBR)ebr10468954(EXLCZ)99255000000003533820101018d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSing not war[electronic resource] the lives of Union and Confederate veterans in Gilded Age America /James MartenChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20111 online resource (352 p.)Civil War AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-2202-5 0-8078-3476-9 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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, MarCivil War America.Adaptability (Psychology)Adjustment (Psychology)United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865VeteransUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsElectronic books.Adaptability (Psychology)Adjustment (Psychology)973.7/1Marten James Alan867960MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456958203321Sing not war2013225UNINA