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War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War

Posted By: roxul
Date: 12 Dec 2023 07:09:19
War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War

Yael A. Sternhell, "War on Record: The Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War"
English | ISBN: 0300234147 | 2023 | 320 pages | PDF | 2 MB

A history of the United States’ greatest archival project and how it has shaped what we know about the Civil War

The Civil War generated a vast archive of official records—documents that would shape the postwar era and determine what future generations would know about the war. Yael Sternhell traces these records from their creation during wartime through their deployment in a host of postwar battles, including those between the federal government and Southerners seeking reparations and between veterans blaming each other for defeat.

These documents were eventually published in the most important historical collection ever to have been assembled in the United States:
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