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

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Label

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

Title remainder

the lives of Union and Confederate veterans in Gilded Age America

Statement of responsibility

James Marten

Creator

• Marten, James Alan

Subject

• Adjustment (Psychology)
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
• Adaptability (Psychology)
• United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans

Language

eng

Summary

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

Member of

• Civil War America
• Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

973.7/1

Index

index present

LC call number

E491

LC item number

.M14 2011eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• standards specifications
• bibliography