I Stood Before His Silent Grave: John Albion Andrew: The Soul of a Champion
Editors
Jon White
Brian Matthews
Colleges and Divisions
Arts and Letters
Department
History
Document Type
Book Chapter
Description
Final Resting Places brings together some of the most important and innovative scholars of the Civil War era to reflect on what death and memorialization meant to the Civil War generation—and how those meanings still influence Americans today. In each essay, a noted historian explores a different type of gravesite—including large marble temples, unmarked graves beneath the waves, makeshift markers on battlefields, mass graves on hillsides, neat rows of military headstones, university graveyards, tombs without bodies, and small family plots. Each burial place tells a unique story of how someone lived and died; how they were mourned and remembered. Together, they help us reckon with the most tragic period of American history.
Publication/Event/Conference Title
Final Resting Places: Reflections on the Meaning of Civil War Graves
ISBN
9780820364551
Files
Publication Date
2023
Edition
2023
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Keywords
Civil War memory, death and memorialization, burial practices, gravesites, mourning, military cemeteries, historical memory, Civil War era, remembrance culture, American history
Disciplines
Arts and Humanities | History | United States History
Recommended Citation
Engle, Stephen D., "I Stood Before His Silent Grave: John Albion Andrew: The Soul of a Champion" (2023). Research Books. 16.
https://digitalcommons.fau.edu/faculty_books/16