03024nam 22006973 450 991095413620332120251014204423.0979-88-908813-5-91-4696-0308-X0-8078-7768-9(CKB)2550000000035338(EBL)690705(OCoLC)824487065(SSID)ssj0000525687(PQKBManifestationID)11347395(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000525687(PQKBWorkID)10508279(PQKB)11723192(OCoLC)966765525(MdBmJHUP)muse46543(Au-PeEL)EBL690705(CaPaEBR)ebr10468954(Perlego)539636(MiAaPQ)EBC690705(MiAaPQ)EBC32276329(Au-PeEL)EBL32276329(EXLCZ)99255000000003533820251014d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSing not war the lives of Union and Confederate veterans in Gilded Age America /James Marten1st ed.Chapel Hill :University of North Carolina Press,[2011]©20111 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 (Series)Adaptability (Psychology)Adjustment (Psychology)United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865VeteransUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Social aspectsAdaptability (Psychology)Adjustment (Psychology)973.7/1Marten James Alan867960MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910954136203321Sing not war4407048UNINA