Interpreting sacred ground the rhetoric of national Civil War parks and battlefields /
J. Christian Spielvogel.
- Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, (c)2013.
- 1 online resource (x, 190 pages :) illustrations.
- Rhetoric, culture, and social critique .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Race and memory -- "We are met on a great battle-field": race, memory, and the Gettysburg Address -- Reviving emancipationist memory at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park -- Violence and memory -- Savage and heroic war memories at Gettysburg National Military Park -- The symbolic landscape: visualizing violence at Gettysburg National Military Park -- "The waters ran red": savage interpretations of war at Cold Harbor Visitor Center.