A Late Encounter with the Civil War

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A Late Encounter with the Civil War TH E UN IVE RS ITY OF GEORGIA PRESS 2013 Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures No. 55 A LATE ENCOUNTER WITH THE CIVIL WAR M I C H A E L K R E Y L I N G the university of georgia press Athens and London © 2013 by the University of Georgia Press Athens, Georgia 30602 www.ugapress.org All rights reserved Set in Sabon and ITC Century by Graphic Composition, Inc. Printed digitally Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kreyling, Michael, 1948– A late encounter with the Civil War / Michael Kreyling. pages cm. — (Mercer University Lamar memorial lectures ; No. 55) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-0-8203-4619-9 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8203-4619-5 (hardcover : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-8203-4657-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 0-8203-4657-8 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Centennial celebrations, etc. 2. United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Historiography. 3. Collective memory—United States. I. Title. E641.K74 2013 973.7—dc23 2013021449 British Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data available ISBN for digital edition: 978-0-8203-4641-0 ...