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Pickett's Charge in History and Memory /

If, as many have argued, the Civil War is the most crucial moment in our national life and Gettysburg its turning point, then the climax of the climax, the central moment of our history, must be Pickett's Charge. But as Carol Reardon notes, the Civil War saw many other daring assaults and stout...

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Autor principal: Reardon, Carol
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1997.
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505 0 |a Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue. History, Memory, and Pickett's Charge; Chapter 1. Disconnected Threads; Chapter 2. Scarcely Anybody Can Give a Correct Account; Chapter 3. History as It Ought to Have Been; Chapter 4. Binding the Wounds of War; Chapter 5. Monuments to Memory; Chapter 6. Southern Dissenters Speak Out; Chapter 7. Virginia Victorious; Chapter 8. Hand-Grips at the Sacred Wall; Epilogue. The Old Bright Way of the Tales; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 
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