Cities of the Dead: Contesting the Memory of the Civil War in the South, 1865-1914

Contents

CONTENTS Preface ix Introduction 1 chapter 1 The Commemorative Landscape before the Civil War 11 chapter 2 Establishing Freedom’s Celebrations, 1865–1869 23 chapter 3 Waging Politics through Decoration Days, 1866–1869 49 chapter 4 The Politics of Manhood and Womanhood, 1865–1870 77 chapter 5 The Era of Mixed Feelings 106 chapter 6 The Rise and Decline of Political Self-Help, 1883–1900 144 chapter 7 Arlington Sectional Cemetery 171 Notes 209 Bibliography 227 Index 237 This page intentionally left blank ...