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Haunted by atrocity : Civil War prisons in American memory

Cloyd, Benjamin G. 1976- (Author).

Summary: The first study of Civil War memory to focus exclusively on the military prison camps, Haunted by Atrocity offers a cautionary tale of how Americans, for generations, have unconsciously constructed their recollections of painful events in ways that protect cherished ideals of myth, meaning, identity, and, ultimately, a deeply rooted faith in American exceptionalism.

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ISBN: 9780807136416
ISBN: 0807136417
Physical Description: print
xii, 251 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2010]
Copyright: ©2010

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"Our souls are filled with unutterable anguish" atrocity and the origins of divisive memory, 1861-1865 -- "Remember Andersonville" recrimination during Reconstruction, 1865-1877 -- "This nation cannot afford to forget" contesting the memory of suffering, 1877-1898 -- "We are the living witnesses" the limitations of reconciliation, 1898-1914 -- "A more proper perspective" objectivity in the shadow of twentieth-century war, 1914-1960 -- "Better to take advantage of outsiders' curiosity" the consumption of objective memory, 1960-present -- "The task of history is never done" Andersonville National Historic Site, the national POW museum, and the triumph of patriotic memory.