Ruin nation : destruction and the American Civil War /

During the Civil War, cities, houses, forests, and soldiers' bodies were transformed into "dead heaps of ruins," novel sights in the southern landscape. How did this happen, and why? And what did Americans--northern and southern, black and white, male and female--make of this prolifer...

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Main Author: Nelson, Megan Kate, 1972- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2012]
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Online Access: Full text (MFA users only)
ISBN:9780820343792
082034379X
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central