Author: Georgia. Confederate Soldiers' Home, AtlantaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers' homes
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Report of Board of Trustees of Confederate Soldiers' Home
Author: Georgia. Confederate Soldiers' Home, AtlantaPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers' homes
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Report of Trustees of Confederate Soldiers Home of Georgia
Author: Confederate Soldier's Home of Georgia (Atlanta, Ga.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers' homes
Languages : en
Pages : 8
Book Description
Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia
Author: Confederate Soldier's Home of Georgia (Atlanta, Ga.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Confederate Soldiers' Home of Georgia
Author: Confederate Soldier's Home of Georgia (Atlanta, Ga.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 53
Book Description
Living Monuments
Author: R. B. RosenburgPublisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780807849552
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
While battlefield parks and memorials erected in town squares and cemeteries have served to commemorate southern valor in the Civil War, Confederate soldiers' homes were actually 'living monuments' to the Lost Cause, housing the very men who made that cau
Report
Author: State Library of MassachusettsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A List of the Official Publications of the Confederate States Government in the Virginia State Library and the Library of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society
Author: Virginia State LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Confederate States literature
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Park's Annotated Code of the State of Georgia, 1914
Author: GeorgiaMy Old Confederate Home
Author: Rusty WilliamsPublisher: University Press of Kentucky
ISBN: 0813173795
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
In the wake of America's Civil War, hundreds of thousands of men who fought for the Confederacy trudged back to their homes in the Southland. Some—due to lingering effects from war wounds, other disabilities, or the horrors of combat—were unable to care for themselves. Homeless, disabled, and destitute veterans began appearing on the sidewalks of southern cities and towns. In 1902 Kentucky's Confederate veterans organized and built the Kentucky Confederate Home, a luxurious refuge in Pewee Valley for their unfortunate comrades. Until it closed in 1934, the Home was a respectable— if not always idyllic—place where disabled and impoverished veterans could spend their last days in comfort and free from want. In My Old Confederate Home: A Respectable Place for Civil War Veterans, Rusty Williams frames the lively history of the Kentucky Confederate Home with the stories of those who built, supported, and managed it: a daring cavalryman-turned-bank-robber, a senile ship captain, a prosperous former madam, and a small-town clergyman whose concern for the veterans cost him his pastorate. Each chapter is peppered with the poignant stories of men who spent their final years as voluntary wards of an institution that required residents to live in a manner which reinforced the mythology of a noble Johnny Reb and a tragic Lost Cause. Based on thorough research utilizing a range of valuable resources, including the Kentucky Confederate Home's operational documents, contemporary accounts, unpublished letters, and family stories, My Old Confederate Home reveals the final, untold chapter of Kentucky's Civil War history.
The Civil War Veteran
Author: Larry M. LoguePublisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814752039
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
The Civil War Veteran presents a profound but often troubling story of the postwar experiences of Union and Confederate Civil War veterans. Most ex-soldiers and their neighbors readjusted smoothly. However, many arrived home with or developed serious problems; poverty, drug and alcohol addiction, and other manifestations of post traumatic stress syndrome, such as flashbacks and paranoia, plagued these veterans. Black veterans in particular suffered a particularly cruel fate: they fought with distinction and for their freedom, but postwar racism obliterated recognition of their wartime contributions. Despite these hardships, veterans found some help from federal and state governments, through the establishment of a national pension system and soldiers' homes. Yet veterans did not passively accept this assistance—some influenced and created policy in public office, while others joined together in veterans’ organizations such as the Grand Army of the Republic to fight for their rights and to shape the collective memory of the Civil War. As the number of veterans from wars in the Middle East rapidly increases, the stories in the pages of The Civil War Veteran give us valuable perspective on the challenges of readjustment for ex-soldiers and American society.