Bibliograph

The generals' Civil War, what their memoirs can teach us today, Stephen Cushman

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The generals' Civil War, what their memoirs can teach us today, Stephen Cushman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The generals' Civil War

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1243907060

Responsibility statement

Stephen Cushman

Series statement

Civil War America

Sub title

what their memoirs can teach us today

Summary

"In this book, Stephen Cushman considers Civil War generals' memoirs as literary works of art and examines how they remain vital to understanding the interaction of memory, imagination, and the writing of American history. Drawing on methods from history and literary studies, Cushman analyses how generals Ulysses S. Grant, Joseph E. Johnston, George B. McClellan, Philip H. Sheridan, William T. Sherman, and Richard Taylor crafted memoirs that shaped the practice of Civil War writing generally. Cushman particularly assesses how nineteenth-century market forces shaped the production of memoirs and, therefore, memories of the war itself; how audiences have engaged with the memoirs to create memories that continually change with time and circumstance; and what these texts tell us about current conflicts over the history and meanings of the Civil War"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Why generals? -- Surrender according to Joseph E. Johnston and William T. Sherman -- Destruction and reconstruction in Richard Taylor's Happy Valley -- Ulysses S. Grant and the achievement of simplicity -- George B. McClellan's many turnings -- The merit of Philip H. Sheridan's memoir campaign -- Coda: Mark Twain and the Mississippi of memory

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