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The battle of Gettysburg was the largest engagement of the Civil
War, and--with more than 51,000 casualties--also the deadliest. The
highest regimental casualty rate at Gettysburg, an estimated 85
percent, was incurred by the 26th North Carolina Infantry. Who were
these North Carolinians? Why were they at Gettysburg? How did they
come to suffer such a grievous distinction? In Covered with Glory,
award-winning historian Rod Gragg reveals the extraordinary story
of the 26th North Carolina in fascinating detail. Praised for its
"exhaustive scholarship" and its "highly readable style," Covered
with Glory chronicles the 26th's remarkable odyssey from muster
near Raleigh to surrender at Appomattox. The central focus of the
book, however, is the regiment's critical, tragic role at
Gettysburg, where its standoff with the heralded 24th Michigan
Infantry on the first day of fighting became one of the battle's
most unforgettable stories. Two days later, the 26th's bloodied
remnant assaulted the Federal line at Cemetery Ridge and gained
additional fame for advancing "farthest to the front" in the
Pickett-Pettigrew Charge.
One of the most fundamental human urges is to form a pair. Despite
many tendencies that threaten traditional marriage and even make
committed cohabitation problematic, very few people live through
adulthood without at least one lengthy relationship, and up to
ninety percent of Americans marry at least once in their lives.
This pioneering volume draws attention to issues that question the
unspoken traditional practices underlying coupling in America. In
it, some of today's most innovative feminist scholars consider the
dramatic changes couples have experienced over the past fifty
years, such as the proliferation of divorce, the increase in
ethnically-mixed relationships, the preponderance of older couples,
and the new visibility of same-sex unions.
Approaching their subject from a range of disciplines, the authors
explore the couple as an enduring paradigm for human relationships,
despite the changes in ideology and practice that couples have
experienced over time. The essays delve into such subjects as the
historical roots of modern marriage, the recent phenomenon of
lesbian and gay commitment ceremonies, the home as a workplace and
a place of refuge, and the stresses that turn a happy marriage into
an unhappy one. One chapter explodes the myth that feminists are
responsible for the high incidence of divorce, while another
focuses on the financial worth of the wife after the demise of a
long-standing marriage.
Taken together, these essays impart a deep and complex picture of
the challenges facing couples in our time. The vital and engaging
narratives show that however anxious our society may be in the face
of dissolving marriages and dysfunctional families, couples will
continue to form the bedrock of American society in the
twenty-first century.
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