This republic of suffering : death and the American Civil War / Drew Gilpin Faust.

Author: Faust, Drew Gilpin.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2008.

Description346 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Note:The work of death -- Dying: "to lay down my life" -- Killing: "the harder courage" -- Burying: "new lessons caring fro the dead" -- Naming: "the significant word UNKNOWN" -- Realizing: civilians and the work of mourning -- Believing and doubting: "what means this carnage?" -- Accounting: "our obligations to the dead" -- Numbering: "how many? how many?" -- Epilogue: Surviving.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [273]-322) and index.

Note: Awards2009 winner of the Bancroft Prize.

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