Interpreting sacred ground the rhetoric of national Civil War parks and battlefields / [electronic resource] :
J. Christian Spielvogel.
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2013.
- x, 190 p. : ill.
- Rhetoric, culture, and social critique .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Race and memory -- "We are met on a great battle-field": race, memory, and the Gettysburg Address -- Reviving emancipationist memory at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park -- Violence and memory -- Savage and heroic war memories at Gettysburg National Military Park -- The symbolic landscape: visualizing violence at Gettysburg National Military Park -- "The waters ran red": savage interpretations of war at Cold Harbor Visitor Center.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
United States. National Park Service.
United States--History--Battlefields--Conservation and restoration.--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Battlefields--Study and teaching.--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--History--Study and teaching.--Civil War, 1861-1865 United States--Race relations--History--19th century.