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The Generals' Civil War - What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today (Hardcover)
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The Generals' Civil War - What Their Memoirs Can Teach Us Today (Hardcover)
Series: Civil War America
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In December 1885, under the watchful eye of Mark Twain, the
publishing firm of Charles L. Webster and Company released the
first volume of the Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant. With a
second volume published in March 1886, Grant's memoirs became a
popular sensation. Seeking to capitalize on Grant's success and
interest in earlier reminiscences by Joseph E. Johnston, William T.
Sherman, and Richard Taylor, other Civil War generals such as
George B. McClellan and Philip H. Sheridan soon followed suit. Some
hewed more closely to Grant's model than others, and their points
of similarity and divergence left readers increasing fascinated
with the history and meaning of the nation's great conflict. The
writings also dovetailed with a rising desire to see the full sweep
of American history chronicled, as its citizens looked to the start
of a new century. Professional historians engaged with the memoirs
as an important foundation for this work. In this insightful book,
Stephen Cushman considers Civil War generals' memoirs as both
historical and literary works, revealing how they remain vital to
understanding the interaction of memory, imagination, and the
writing of American history. Cushman shows how market forces shaped
the production of the memoirs and, therefore, memories of the war
itself; how audiences have engaged with the works to create ideas
of history that fit with time and circumstance; and what these
texts tell us about current conflicts over the history and meanings
of the Civil War.
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