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Dividing the nation for four years, the American Civil War resulted in 750,000 casualties and forever changed the country's destiny. The conflict continues to resonate in our collective memory, and U.S. economic, cultural, and social structures still suffer the aftershocks of the nation's largest and most devastating war. Nearly 150 years later, portrayals of the war in books, songs, cinema, and other cultural media continue to draw widespread attention and controversy. In The Civil War in Popular Culture: Memory and Meaning, editors Lawrence A. Kreiser Jr. and Randal Allred analyze American depictions of the war across a variety of mediums, from books and film, to monuments and battlefield reunions, to reenactments and board games. This collection examines how battle strategies, famous generals, and the nuances of Civil War politics translate into contemporary popular culture. This unique analysis assesses the intersection of the Civil War and popular culture by recognizing how memories and commemorations of the war have changed since it ended in 1865.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Introduction
  2. Lawrence A. Kreiser Jr. and Randal Allred
  3. pp. 1-8
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  1. Section I. The Aftermath of Battle
  1. 1. “Really, Though, I’m Fine”: Civil War Veterans and the Psychological Aftereffects of Killing
  2. Michael W. Schaefer
  3. pp. 11-24
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  1. 2. Traumatized Manhood: Confederate Amputees in History, Memory, and Hollywood
  2. Brian Craig Miller
  3. pp. 25-44
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  1. Section II. Reunions and Battlefield Preservation
  1. 3. Relics of Reunion: Souvenirs and Memory at Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, 1889–1895
  2. Daryl Black
  3. pp. 47-60
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  1. 4. The Graying of Gettysburg National Military Park: Race, Erasure, Ideology, and Iconography
  2. Robert E. Weir
  3. pp. 61-82
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  1. 5. Civil War Battlefields for Future Generations: The Relationship between Battlefield Preservation and Popular Culture
  2. Susan Chase Hall
  3. pp. 83-98
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  1. Section III. The Memory of the Civil War over Time
  1. 6. The Cultural Politics of Memory: Confederate Women and General William T. Sherman
  2. Jacqueline Glass Campbell
  3. pp. 101-116
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  1. 7. “Johnny I Hardly Knew Ye”: The Civil War Navies in Public Memory
  2. Matthew Eng
  3. pp. 117-134
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  1. Section IV. The Civil War in Fiction and Film
  1. 8. From History to Fiction: Abraham Lincoln’s Most Famous Murder Trial and the Limits of Dramatic License
  2. Daniel W. Stowell
  3. pp. 137-152
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  1. 9. The War in Film: The Depiction of Combat in Glory
  2. Paul Haspel
  3. pp. 153-172
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  1. Section V. The Civil War as Entertainment
  1. 10. The War in Cardboard and Ink: Fifty Years of Civil War Board Games
  2. Alfred Wallace
  3. pp. 175-190
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  1. 11. “Oh, I’m a Good Ol’ Rebel”: Reenactment, Racism, and the Lost Cause
  2. Christopher Bates
  3. pp. 191-222
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  1. Afterword: Untangling the Webs of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the Popular Culture Imagination
  2. David Madden
  3. pp. 223-236
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. 237-238
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  1. Contributors
  2. pp. 239-242
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 243-258
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