No holier spot of ground
Subtitle: Confederate monuments and cemeteries of South Carolina
By: Kristina Dunn Johnson.
Publisher: History Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Charleston, SC
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 159
ISBN-13: 9781596293977
Subjects: Cemeteries -- South Carolina; Soldiers' monuments -- South Carolina; War memorials -- South Carolina; Historical markers -- South Carolina; Soldiers' monuments -- Southern States; South Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Monuments; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Monuments
Description: The monuments of South Carolina bear on their weathered faces and cracked tablets a history of honor and of memory embodied in stone. Whether revealing the lost graves of Southern sons, unveiling the history of the only national cemetery to inter Confederate soldiers alongside the Union fallen during wartime or recording the simple obelisks that reach for heaven throughout the Palmetto State, this volume is a story of remembrance and of mourning. Kristina Dunn Johnson, curator of history with the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, shares with us the powerful stories of memory and acceptance that are the legacy of the Confederacy, as varied as those who lie beneath the Southern soil. - Back cover.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : No holier spot of ground; title: Thousands fill unknown graves; title: Carolina, receive thy returning children; title: One destiny from ocean to ocean; title: A grand manifestation of honor; title: Parade rest?; title: Good night, brave soldier; title: That we have a right to be here; title: Conclusion : The ruins of our buried hopes