Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era (Sarah J. Purcell - CH) longstreet makes stops at Seminary Ridge

makes stops at Seminary Ridge

and ultimately at Pickett’s Charge on July 3

and loss had hurt and impacted these people by the spring of 1865

Carmichael resists the idea that there was "a common soldier" but looks into their own words to find common threads in soldiers' experiences and ways of understanding what was happening around them

This excellent volume satisfies that need

Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era (Sarah J. Purcell - CH) longstreet makes stops at Seminary Ridgeby Sarah J. Purcell This illuminating book examines how the public funerals of major figures from the Civil War era shaped public memories of the war and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities. These funerals featured lengthy processions that sometimes crossed multiple state lines, burial ceremonies open to the public, and other cultural productions of commemoration such as oration and song. As Sarah J.