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War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion Audiobook Summary

Union and Confederate veterans meet at Gettysburg on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle.

This reunion drew over fifty-five thousand official attendees who descended upon a town of four thousand during the summer of 1913 with the promise of little more than a cot and two blankets, military fare, and the presence of countless adversaries from a horrific war. Most were revisiting a time and place in their personal history that involved acute physical and emotional trauma.

Contrary to popular belief, veterans were not motivated to attend by a desire for reconciliation, nor did the Great Reunion produce a general sense of a reunified country. The reconciliation premise, advanced by several major speeches at the anniversary, lived in rhetoric more than fact. Recent scholarship effectively dismantles this “Reconciliation of 1913” mythos, finding instead that sectionalism and lingering hostilities largely prevailed among veterans and civilians.

Flagel examines how individual veterans viewed the reunion, what motivated them to attend, how they acted and reacted once they arrived, and whether they found what they were personally seeking. While politicians and the press characterized the veterans as relics of a national crusade, Flagel focuses on four men who come to the reunion for different and very individual reasons.

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War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion Audiobook Narrator

John Lescault is the narrator of War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion audiobook that was written by Thomas R. Flagel

Patrick Cullen (a.k.a. John Lescault), a native of Massachusetts, is a graduate of the Catholic University of America. He lives in Washington, DC, where he works in theater.

About the Author(s) of War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion

Thomas R. Flagel is the author of War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion

War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion Full Details

Narrator John Lescault
Length 4 hours 58 minutes
Author Thomas R. Flagel
Category
Publisher Blackstone Publishing
Release date March 28, 2024
ISBN 9781094150949

Subjects

The publisher of the War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion is Blackstone Publishing. includes the following subjects: The BISAC Subject Code is History, Military, United States

Additional info

The publisher of the War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion is Blackstone Publishing. The imprint is Blackstone Publishing. It is supplied by Blackstone Publishing. The ISBN-13 is 9781094150949.

Global Availability

This book is only available in the United States.

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