This Republic of Suffering
Death and the American Civil War
Written by Drew Gilpin Faust
- Category: History - United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877); History - Military - United States
- Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
- On Sale: January 8, 2008
- Price: $27.95
- ISBN: 978-0-375-40404-7 (0-375-40404-X)
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Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface: The Work of Death
1. Dying: “To Lay Down My Life”
2. Killing: “The Harder Courage”
3. Burying: “New Lessons Caring for the Dead”
4. Naming: “The Significant Word UNKNOWN”
5. Realizing: Civilians and the Work of Mourning
6. Believing and Doubting: “What Means this Carnage?”
7. Accounting: “Our Obligations to the Dead”
8. Numbering: “How Many? How Many?”
Epilogue: Surviving
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
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