War on Record: the Archive and the Afterlife of the Civil War

Reference Type Book
Year of Publication
2023
Author
Author: Yael A. Sternhell
Language
English
Number of Pages
306 pp.
Publisher
Yale University Press
City
New Haven, CT
Library Type
Archives and Special Collections
Chronological Period
1850-1899
Annotation

Explores efforts and disputes over the creation of an official archive of the Civil War, leading to the publication of: The War of the Rebellion: The Official Records of the Union and the Confederate Armies
 

Contents:

  • An archive made and unmade 
  • Revenge in the archive 
  • Archiving without an archive 
  • Official records and the search for truth 
  • "Simply the facts" 
  • Missing links 
  • The archive and sectional reconciliation 
  • An imperfect story
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