The Civil War dead and American modernity /
Finseth, Ian Frederick,author.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The "ghastly spectacle": witnessing Civil War death -- Body images: the Civil War dead in visual culture -- Blood and ink: historicizing the Civil War dead -- Plotting mortality: the Civil War dead and the narrative imagination.
American Civil War (1861-1865)
Collective memory
Popular culture
Battle casualties.
Collective memory.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Popular culture.
War and literature.
Civil War dead and American modernity.