This book provides readers with an overview of how Americans
have commemorated and remembered the Civil War. The Civil War
was one of the most divisive, dramatic, and deadly events in the
course of American history. It involved not just northerners and
southerners, but whites and blacks, women and men, and the
elites, and the lower class. Not surprisingly, the ways in which
this conflict is remembered and commemorated varies widely. Most
Americans are aware of statues or other outdoor art dedicated to
the memory of the Civil War. Indeed, the erection of Civil War
monuments permanently changed the landscape of U.S. public parks
and cemeteries by the turn of the century. But monuments are
only one way that the Civil War is memorialized. This book
describes the different ways in which Americans have publicly
remembered their Civil War, from the immediate postwar era to
the early 21st century. Each chapter covers a specific
historical period. Within each chapter, the author highlights
important individuals, group