Confederate Memorial Day at Charleston, S.C.
Author: Ladies' Memorial Association (Charleston, S.C.)
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Published: 1871
Total Pages: 46
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Ladies' Memorial Association (Charleston, S.C.)
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Published: 1871
Total Pages: 46
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: David W. BLIGHT
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2009-06-30
Total Pages: 525
ISBN-13: 0674022092
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →No historical event has left as deep an imprint on America's collective memory as the Civil War. In the war's aftermath, Americans had to embrace and cast off a traumatic past. David Blight explores the perilous path of remembering and forgetting, and reveals its tragic costs to race relations and America's national reunion.
Author: Ladies' Memorial Association (Charleston, S.C.)
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Published: 1898
Total Pages: 58
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Thomas J. Brown
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2015-02-17
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 1469620960
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this expansive history of South Carolina's commemoration of the Civil War era, Thomas J. Brown uses the lens of place to examine the ways that landmarks of Confederate memory have helped white southerners negotiate their shifting political, social, and economic positions. By looking at prominent sites such as Fort Sumter, Charleston's Magnolia Cemetery, and the South Carolina statehouse, Brown reveals a dynamic pattern of contestation and change. He highlights transformations of gender norms and establishes a fresh perspective on race in Civil War remembrance by emphasizing the fluidity of racial identity within the politics of white supremacy. Despite the conservative ideology that connects these sites, Brown argues that the Confederate canon of memory has adapted to address varied challenges of modernity from the war's end to the present, when enthusiasts turn to fantasy to renew a faded myth while children of the civil rights era look for a usable Confederate past. In surveying a rich, controversial, and sometimes even comical cultural landscape, Brown illuminates the workings of collective memory sustained by engagement with the particularity of place.
Author: Anne Cunningham
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-12-15
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1534502386
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Is it a symbol of pride in one's heritage or an ugly reminder of slavery and the fruits of racism? The issue of whether the Confederate flag belongs in front of government buildings, or even on Southern pride paraphernalia, has been a hot button for more than a century, long after the Civil War was fought and won. This book takes a close look at the flag's origins, its controversial history, what meaning it has for Americans living today, and the ongoing debate on its use and display.
Author: Kristina Dunn Johnson
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Published: 2009-04-06
Total Pages: 153
ISBN-13: 1614232822
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The monuments of South Carolina bear on their weathered faces and cracked tablets a history of honor and of memory embodied in stone. Whether revealing the lost graves of Southern sons, unveiling the history of the only national cemetery to inter Confederate soldiers alongside the Union fallen during wartime or recording the simple obelisks that reach for heaven throughout the Palmetto State, this volume is a story of remembrance and of mourning. Kristina Dunn Johnson, curator of history with the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, shares with us the powerful stories of memory and acceptance that are the legacy of the Confederacy, as varied as those who lie beneath the Southern soil.
Author: Ulysses Robert Brooks
Publisher: Guild Bindery Press
Published: 1912
Total Pages: 452
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Sketches of Hampton's Cavalry, Hart's Battery, Story of Brook's Battalion, a brief history of the Third South Carolina Cavalry, Bachman's Battery, and a brief look at the German Fusilliers, in addition to the home front.
Author: R. B. Rosenburg
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Published: 2000-11-09
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 0807864218
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →While battlefield parks and memorials erected in town squares and cemeteries have served to commemorate southern valor in the Civil War, Confederate soldiers' homes were actually 'living monuments' to the Lost Cause, housing the very men who made that cause their own. R. B. Rosenburg provides the first account of the establishment and operation of these homes for disabled and indigent southern veterans, which had their heyday between the 1880s and the 1920s. These institutions were commonly perceived as dignified retreats, where veterans who had seen better days could find peace, quiet, comfort, and happiness. But as Rosenburg shows, the harsher reality often included strict disciplinary tactics to maintain order and the treatment of indigent residents as wards and inmates rather than honored veterans. Many men chafed under the rigidly paternalistic administrative control and resented being told by their 'betters' how to behave. Rosenburg makes clear the idealism and sense of social responsibility that motivated the homes' founders and administrators, while also showing that from the outset the homes were enmeshed in political self-interest and the exploitation of the Confederate heritage.
Author: Leah Henderson
Publisher: Abrams
Published: 2021-05-11
Total Pages: 40
ISBN-13: 1683355601
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A moving tribute to the little-known history behind the first Memorial Day, illustrated by Coretta Scott King Award winner Floyd Cooper Today is a special day. Eli knows it’s important if he’s allowed to miss one second of school, his “hard-earned right.” Inspired by true events and told through the eyes of a young boy, this is the deeply moving story about what is regarded as the first Memorial Day on May 1, 1865. Eli dresses up in his best clothes, Mama gathers the mayflowers, Papa straightens his hat, and together they join the crowds filling the streets of Charleston, South Carolina, with bouquets, crosses, and wreaths. Abolitionists, missionaries, teachers, military officers, and a sea of faces Black, Brown, and White, they march as one and sing for all those who gave their lives fighting for freedom during the Civil War. With poignant prose and celebratory, powerful illustrations, A Day for Rememberin’ shines light on the little-known history of this important holiday and reminds us never to forget the people who put their lives on the line for their country. The book is illustrated by award-winning illustrator Floyd Cooper and includes archival photos in the back matter, as well as an author’s note, bibliography, timeline, and index.
Author: Bernard E. Powers
Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
Published: 1999-08-01
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 1557285837
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Legacy of Reconstruction: A Postscript -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index