Where valor proudly sleeps : a history of Fredericksburg National Cemetery, 1866-1933 /

Many books discuss in great detail what happened during Civil War battles. This is one of the few that investigate what happened to the remains of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Where Valor Proudly Sleeps explores a battle's immediate and long-term aftermath by focusing on Fredericksbur...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pfanz, Donald (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2018]
Colección:Engaging the Civil War.
Temas:
Fredericksburg National Cemetery (Fredericksburg, Va.) > History.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
HISTORY > United States > 19th century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Death & Dying.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park (Va.) > History.
Virginia > Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : The National Cemetery System
  • Wartime Burials
  • Postwar Burials in the Wilderness and at Spotsylvania Court House
  • A Call to Action
  • The Creation of Fredericksburg National Cemetery
  • Toward a More Permanent Cemetery
  • The Superintendent's Lodge and Other Buildings
  • Refinements
  • Cemetery Employees
  • Interments
  • Special Populations
  • Stories
  • Memorial Day Commemorations
  • Epilogue : Fredericksburg National Cemetery under the National Park Service
  • Appendix 1. Key Orders and Legislation in Establishing National Cemeteries
  • Appendix 2. "The Bivouac of the Dead."

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