Cloyd, Benjamin G., 1976-

Haunted by atrocity Civil War prisons in American memory / [electronic resource] : Benjamin G. Cloyd. - Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, c2010. - xii, 251 p., [12] p. of plates : ill. - Making the modern South . - Making the modern South. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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.


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Military prisons--History--United States--19th century.
Military prisons--History.--Confederate States of America
Prisoners of war--History--United States--19th century.
Prisoners of war--Confederate States of America.
Memory--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.


United States--History--Prisoners and prisons.--Civil War, 1861-1865
United States--History--Atrocities.--Civil War, 1861-1865


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