Pickett's Charge in History and Memory
Title | Pickett's Charge in History and Memory PDF eBook |
Author | Carol Reardon |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 296 |
Release | 2012-01-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0807873543 |
If, as many have argued, the Civil War is the most crucial moment in our national life and Gettysburg its turning point, then the climax of the climax, the central moment of our history, must be Pickett's Charge. But as Carol Reardon notes, the Civil War saw many other daring assaults and stout defenses. Why, then, is it Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg--and not, for example, Richardson's Charge at Antietam or Humphreys's Assault at Fredericksburg--that looms so large in the popular imagination? As this innovative study reveals, by examining the events of 3 July 1863 through the selective and evocative lens of 'memory' we can learn much about why Pickett's Charge endures so strongly in the American imagination. Over the years, soldiers, journalists, veterans, politicians, orators, artists, poets, and educators, Northerners and Southerners alike, shaped, revised, and even sacrificed the 'history' of the charge to create 'memories' that met ever-shifting needs and deeply felt values. Reardon shows that the story told today of Pickett's Charge is really an amalgam of history and memory. The evolution of that mix, she concludes, tells us much about how we come to understand our nation's past.
Pickett's Charge in History and Memory
Title | Pickett's Charge in History and Memory PDF eBook |
Author | Carol Reardon |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 300 |
Release | 2003-02-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9780807854617 |
A telling assessment of the myths and facts surrounding the most famous single military event of the Civil War.
Pickett's Charge in History and Memory
Title | Pickett's Charge in History and Memory PDF eBook |
Author | Carol Reardon |
Publisher | Univ of North Carolina Press |
Pages | 304 |
Release | 1997 |
Genre | History |
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Shows how soldiers, journalists, politicians, artists, and educators from North and South alike manipulated the history of Pickett's Charge at the battle of Gettysburg into an enduring myth that answered the needs and values of the public. UP.
Pickett’s Charge, July 3 and Beyond, Omnibus E-book
Title | Pickett’s Charge, July 3 and Beyond, Omnibus E-book PDF eBook |
Author | Earl J. Hess |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 818 |
Release | 2012-06-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 9781469606415 |
Pickett's Charge, the assault on the Union lines on Cemetery Ridge ordered by Robert E. Lee on 3 July 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg, holds a central place in the nation's collective memory of the Civil War. Available for the first time as an Omnibus E-book Edition, this two-volume set provides readers with an integrated view of the Charge, from the battlefield to the American imagination. The Omnibus comprises Earl J. Hess's Pickett's Charge: The Last Attack at Gettysburg, a detailed and authoritative account of the Charge itself, and Carol Reardon's Pickett's Charge in History and Memory, which provides the rest of the story: how, and why, Pickett's Charge became so singularly important to our national memory of the Civil War. In Pickett's Charge: The Last Attack at Gettysburg, Hess offers the definitive history of the most famous military action of the Civil War. He transforms exhaustive research into a moving narrative account of the assault from both Union and Confederate perspectives, analyzing its planning, execution, aftermath, and legacy. most famous military action of the Civil War. He transforms exhaustive research into a moving narrative account of the assault from both Union and Confederate perspectives, analyzing its planning, execution, aftermath, and legacy. In Pickett's Charge in History and Memory, Reardon examines the events of 3 July 1863 through the selective and evocative lens of 'memory' and reveals that we can learn much about why it endures so strongly in the American imagination. Over the years, soldiers, journalists, veterans, politicians, orators, artists, poets, and educators, Northerners and Southerners alike, shaped, revised, and even sacrificed the 'history' of the charge to create 'memories' that met ever-shifting needs and deeply felt values. Reardon shows that the story told today of Pickett's Charge is really an amalgam of history and memory. The evolution of that mix, she concludes, tells us much about how we come to understand our nation's past.
A Field Guide to Gettysburg
Title | A Field Guide to Gettysburg PDF eBook |
Author | Carol Reardon |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 465 |
Release | 2013-07-01 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469608189 |
In this lively guide to the Gettysburg battlefield, Carol Reardon and Tom Vossler invite readers to participate in a tour of this hallowed ground. Ideal for carrying on trips through the park as well as for the armchair historian, this book includes comprehensive maps and deft descriptions of the action that situate visitors in time and place. Crisp narratives introduce key figures and events, and eye-opening vignettes help readers more fully comprehend the import of what happened and why. A wide variety of contemporary and postwar source materials offer colorful stories and present interesting interpretations that have shaped--or reshaped--our understanding of Gettysburg today. Each stop addresses the following: What happened here? Who fought here? Who commanded here? Who fell here? Who lived here? How did participants remember this event?
Stories of Civil War in El Salvador
Title | Stories of Civil War in El Salvador PDF eBook |
Author | Erik Ching |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 363 |
Release | 2016-08-26 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469628678 |
El Salvador's civil war began in 1980 and ended twelve bloody years later. It saw extreme violence on both sides, including the terrorizing and targeting of civilians by death squads, recruitment of child soldiers, and the death and disappearance of more than 75,000 people. Examining El Salvador's vibrant life-story literature written in the aftermath of this terrible conflict--including memoirs and testimonials--Erik Ching seeks to understand how the war has come to be remembered and rebattled by Salvadorans and what that means for their society today. Ching identifies four memory communities that dominate national postwar views: civilian elites, military officers, guerrilla commanders, and working class and poor testimonialists. Pushing distinct and divergent stories, these groups are today engaged in what Ching terms a "narrative battle" for control over the memory of the war. Their ongoing publications in the marketplace of ideas tend to direct Salvadorans' attempts to negotiate the war's meaning and legacy, and Ching suggests that a more open, coordinated reconciliation process is needed in this postconflict society. In the meantime, El Salvador, fractured by conflicting interpretations of its national trauma, is hindered in dealing with the immediate problems posed by the nexus of neoliberalism, gang violence, and outmigration.
Through the Heart of Dixie
Title | Through the Heart of Dixie PDF eBook |
Author | Anne S. Rubin |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469617773 |
Through the Heart of Dixie: Sherman's March and American Memory