Haunted by Atrocity
Haunted by Atrocity

Author: Benjamin G. Cloyd

Publisher: LSU Press

Published: 2010-05-24

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 0807137383

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Benjamin G. Cloyd deftly analyzes how Americans have remembered the military prisons of the Civil War from the war itself to the present, making a strong case for the continued importance of the great conflict in contemporary America. The first study of Civil War memory to focus exclusively on the military prison camps, Haunted by Atrocity offers a cautionary tale of how Americans, for generations, have unconsciously constructed their recollections of painful events in ways that protect cherished ideals of myth, meaning, identity, and, ultimately, the deeply rooted faith in American exceptionalism.

Blood & Irony
Blood & Irony

Author: Sarah E. Gardner

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9780807828182

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During the Civil War, its devastating aftermath, and the decades following, many southern white women turned to writing as a way to make sense of their experiences. Combining varied historical and literary sources, this book argues that women served as guardians of the collective memory of the war and helped define and reshape southern identity.