Last Civil War Veteran In Each State

Author : Frank L. Grzyb
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476624887
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Civil War Veterans written by Frank L. Grzyb and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2016-04-06 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It really matters very little who died last," wrote Civil War historian William Marvel, "but for some reason we seem fascinated with knowing." Drawing on a wide range of sources including correspondence with descendants, this book covers the last living Civil War veterans in each state, providing details of their wartime service as soldiers and sailors and their postwar lives as family men, entrepreneurs, politicians, frontier pioneers and honored veterans.

Author : Clarence Stewart Peterson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Last Civil War Veteran in Each State written by Clarence Stewart Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gustavus W. Dyer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 504 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Tennessee Civil War Veterans Questionnaires written by Gustavus W. Dyer and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1915 and 1922, surviving Tennessee Civil War veterans were asked to respond to a questionaire asking about their Civil War experiences, family life, pre-war lifestyle etc. Their responses have been transcribed exactly as received into these five volumes.

Author : Larry M. Logue
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814752039
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Civil War Veteran written by Larry M. Logue and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2007 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War Veteran presents a profound but often troubling story of the postwar experiences of Union and Confederate Civil War veterans. Most ex-soldiers and their neighbors readjusted smoothly. However, many arrived home with or developed serious problems; poverty, drug and alcohol addiction, and other manifestations of post traumatic stress syndrome, such as flashbacks and paranoia, plagued these veterans. Black veterans in particular suffered a particularly cruel fate: they fought with distinction and for their freedom, but postwar racism obliterated recognition of their wartime contributions. Despite these hardships, veterans found some help from federal and state governments, through the establishment of a national pension system and soldiers' homes. Yet veterans did not passively accept this assistance—some influenced and created policy in public office, while others joined together in veterans’ organizations such as the Grand Army of the Republic to fight for their rights and to shape the collective memory of the Civil War. As the number of veterans from wars in the Middle East rapidly increases, the stories in the pages of The Civil War Veteran give us valuable perspective on the challenges of readjustment for ex-soldiers and American society.

Author : United States. Congress. House Veterans' Affairs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Historical Statistics of the Veteran Population, 1865-1960 written by United States. Congress. House Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard C. Saylor
Publisher : Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission
ISBN 13 : 9780892711345
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soldiers to Governors written by Richard C. Saylor and published by Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saylor's book tells the fascinating stories that the leaders of the post-Civil War era had, that correspond with practically all significant Civil War military experiences, whether serving in ranks from private to major general and suffering multiple wounds, or passing through without a scratch.

Author : Brian Matthew Jordan
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807173053
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The War Went On written by Brian Matthew Jordan and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, Civil War veterans have emerged from historical obscurity. Inspired by recent interest in memory studies and energized by the ongoing neorevisionist turn, a vibrant new literature has given the lie to the once-obligatory lament that the postbellum lives of Civil War soldiers were irretrievable. Despite this flood of historical scholarship, fundamental questions about the essential character of Civil War veteranhood remain unanswered. Moreover, because work on veterans has often proceeded from a preoccupation with cultural memory, the Civil War’s ex-soldiers have typically been analyzed as either symbols or producers of texts. In The War Went On: Reconsidering the Lives of Civil War Veterans, fifteen of the field’s top scholars provide a more nuanced and intimate look at the lives and experiences of these former soldiers. Essays in this collection approach Civil War veterans from oblique angles, including theater, political, and disability history, as well as borderlands and memory studies. Contributors examine the lives of Union and Confederate veterans, African American veterans, former prisoners of war, amputees, and ex-guerrilla fighters. They also consider postwar political elections, veterans’ business dealings, and even literary contests between onetime enemies and among former comrades.

Author : New Jersey. Adjutant-General's Office
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War 1861-1865 written by New Jersey. Adjutant-General's Office and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James Marten
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 0807877689
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sing Not War written by James Marten and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After the Civil War, white Confederate and Union army veterans reentered--or struggled to reenter--the lives and communities they had left behind. In Sing Not War, James Marten explores how the nineteenth century's "Greatest Generation" attempted to blend back into society and how their experiences were treated by nonveterans. Many soldiers, Marten reveals, had a much harder time reintegrating into their communities and returning to their civilian lives than has been previously understood. Although Civil War veterans were generally well taken care of during the Gilded Age, Marten argues that veterans lost control of their legacies, becoming best remembered as others wanted to remember them--for their service in the war and their postwar political activities. Marten finds that while southern veterans were venerated for their service to the Confederacy, Union veterans often encountered resentment and even outright hostility as they aged and made greater demands on the public purse. Drawing on letters, diaries, journals, memoirs, newspapers, and other sources, Sing Not War illustrates that during the Gilded Age "veteran" conjured up several conflicting images and invoked contradicting reactions. Deeply researched and vividly narrated, Marten's book counters the romanticized vision of the lives of Civil War veterans, bringing forth new information about how white veterans were treated and how they lived out their lives.

Author : Samuel Penniman Bates
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1354 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Pennsylvania Volunteers, 1861-5 written by Samuel Penniman Bates and published by . This book was released on 1869 with total page 1354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: