Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era (Sarah J. Purcell - CH) longstreet Minty’s small cavalry brigade held

Minty’s small cavalry brigade held off nearly ten times its number on September 18 by designing and implementing a textbook example of a delaying action

This excellent volume satisfies that need

and ultimately at Pickett’s Charge on July 3

and Civil War enthusiasts alike

makes stops at Seminary Ridge

Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era (Sarah J. Purcell - CH) longstreet Minty’s small cavalry brigade heldby Sarah J. Purcell This illuminating book examines how the public funerals of major figures from the Civil War era shaped public memories of the war and allowed a diverse set of people to contribute to changing American national identities. These funerals featured lengthy processions that sometimes crossed multiple state lines, burial ceremonies open to the public, and other cultural productions of commemoration such as oration and song. As Sarah J.