The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation
Subtitle: The Decade of the 1890's and the Establishment of America's First Five Military Parks
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press; University of Tennessee Press
Published: February 15, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 294
ISBN-13: 9781572336223
Subjects: History / United States / 20th Century; United States - 19th Century; United States - 20th Century; United States - Civil War; History; History - Military / War; History: American
Description: "Smith's book is the first to look at the process of battlefield preservation as a whole. He focuses on how each of these sites was established and the important individuals - the congressmen, the former soldiers, the veteran commissioners who were the catalysts for the creation of these parks." "The Golden Age of Battlefield Preservation is a watershed book that will be of interest to any reader who wishes to have a better understanding of how such preservation efforts were initiated."--BOOK JACKET.