No Holier Spot of Ground
Confederate Monuments & Cemeteries of South Carolina
Nonfiction, History, Americas, United States, Civil War Period (1850-1877)
| Author: | Kristina Dunn Johnson | ISBN: | 9781614232827 |
| Publisher: | The History Press | Publication: | January 29, 2012 |
| Imprint: | The History Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kristina Dunn Johnson |
| ISBN: | 9781614232827 |
| Publisher: | The History Press |
| Publication: | January 29, 2012 |
| Imprint: | The History Press |
| Language: | English |
The monuments of South Carolina bear on their weathered faces and cracked tablets a history of honor and of memory embodied in stone. Whether revealing the lost graves of Southern sons, unveiling the history of the only national cemetery to inter Confederate soldiers alongside the Union fallen during wartime or recording the simple obelisks that reach for heaven throughout the Palmetto State, this volume is a story of remembrance and of mourning. Kristina Dunn Johnson, curator of history with the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, shares with us the powerful stories of memory and acceptance that are the legacy of the Confederacy, as varied as those who lie beneath the Southern soil.
The monuments of South Carolina bear on their weathered faces and cracked tablets a history of honor and of memory embodied in stone. Whether revealing the lost graves of Southern sons, unveiling the history of the only national cemetery to inter Confederate soldiers alongside the Union fallen during wartime or recording the simple obelisks that reach for heaven throughout the Palmetto State, this volume is a story of remembrance and of mourning. Kristina Dunn Johnson, curator of history with the South Carolina Confederate Relic Room and Military Museum, shares with us the powerful stories of memory and acceptance that are the legacy of the Confederacy, as varied as those who lie beneath the Southern soil.
