Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era (Sarah J. Purcell - CH) codori and other primary sources

and other primary sources

“Roe” Reisinger of the 150th Pennsylvania Infantry

the retreat across the Potomac River

3-piece set

Lincoln became the only President with a patent

Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era (Sarah J. Purcell - CH) codori and other primary sourcesby Sarah J. Purcell This illuminating book examines how the public funerals of major figures from the Civil War era shaped public memories of the war and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities. These funerals featured lengthy processions that sometimes crossed multiple state lines, burial ceremonies open to the public, and other cultural productions of commemoration such as oration and song. As Sarah J.