Title: Haunted by atrocity
Description: The first study of Civil War memory to focus exclusively on the military prison camps, Haunted by Atrocity offers a cautionary tale of how Americans, for generations, have unconsciously constructed their recollections of painful events in ways that protect cherished ideals of myth, meaning, identity, and, ultimately, a deeply rooted faith in American exceptionalism.
Subjects: Prisoners of war, Prisoners and prisons, Memory, Military prisons, Atrocities, History, Prisons, united states, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, prisoners and prisons, Social aspects
Places: United States, Confederate States of America
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865, 19th century