Spielvogel, J. Christian 1969-

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.



9780817386313




United States. National Park Service.


Electronic Books.

E641 / .I584 2013