Book contents
- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War
- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War
- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Contributors to Volume III
- Note on the Text
- Part I Values
- Part II Social Experience
- Part III Outcomes
- 14 Making Peace
- 15 Reconstruction during the Civil War
- 16 Veterans and the Postwar World
- 17 The Civil War and the American State
- 18 The Civil War and American Law
- 19 The Civil War in Visual Art
- 20 The Civil War in American Thought
- 21 The Civil War in Literary Memory
- 22 The Civil War in Film
- 23 The Civil War in Public Memory
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
16 - Veterans and the Postwar World
from Part III - Outcomes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 11 October 2019
- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War
- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War
- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Plates
- Figures
- Contributors to Volume III
- Note on the Text
- Part I Values
- Part II Social Experience
- Part III Outcomes
- 14 Making Peace
- 15 Reconstruction during the Civil War
- 16 Veterans and the Postwar World
- 17 The Civil War and the American State
- 18 The Civil War and American Law
- 19 The Civil War in Visual Art
- 20 The Civil War in American Thought
- 21 The Civil War in Literary Memory
- 22 The Civil War in Film
- 23 The Civil War in Public Memory
- Index
- Plate Section (PDF Only)
- References
Summary
When one visits a national cemetery and sees the row upon row of headstones, one might imagine that it has always been this way, American veterans who served in war and peace lying side by side in a sacred burial space – a privilege reflecting a grateful nation’s thanks. In reality, the benefit of burial at a national cemetery represents a recent development. During and after the Civil War, men and women killed in action or who died in service merited a place in the hallowed ground at battlefield cemeteries; later, veterans who died after their wars joined the wartime dead.
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- The Cambridge History of the American Civil War , pp. 330 - 349Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019