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Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
Transition to Peace
By Rail and Boat Dixon Wecter 9
Confederate Demobilization William B. Holberton 22
Did the Confederacy Change Southern Soldiers? Michael Barton 31
Ghost Dance Gaines M. Foster 49
Problems of Readjustment
The Civil War and the Crime Wave Edith Abbott 65
Conventional Wisdom versus Reality Eric H. Monkkonen 80
The Veteran Wins Through Dixon Wecter 83
Southern Poor Boys R. B. Rosenburg 95
Opiate Addiction as a Consequence of the Civil War David T. Courtwright 103
Exempt from the Ordinary Rules of Life James Marten 116
Post-Traumatic Stress Eric T. Dean, Jr. 126
USCT Veterans in Post-Civil War North Carolina Richard Reid 146
Governments Provide Aid
America's First Social Security System Theda Skocpol 179
"I Do Not Suppose That Uncle Sam Looks at the Skin" Donald R. Shaffer 200
Civil War Pensions for Native and Foreign-Born Union Army Veterans Peter Blanck ChenSong 221
Establishing a Federal Entitlement Patrick J. Kelly 227
Living Monuments R. B. Rosenburg 255
The Fate of the Civil War Veteran Eric T. Dean, Jr. 261
Veterans Fight Their Own Battles
Veterans in Politics Mary R. Dearing 277
What Sorts of Men Joined the Grand Army of the Republic? Stuart C. McConnell 294
The Reality of Veterans' Voting Larry M. Logue 310
The Confederate Celebration Gaines M. Foster 317
A Generation of Defeat David H. Donald 333
An Activist Minority Larry M. Logue 343
Twice a Child R. B. Rosenburg 347
Collective Resistance in Soldiers' Homes Larry M. Logue 356
Veterans Shape the Collective Memory
The Patriotic Boom Stuart C. McConnell 365
A Respect for Confederate History Gaines M. Foster 376
Binding the Wounds of War Carol Reardon 397
Quarrel Forgotten or a Revolution Remembered? David W. Blight 407
Black Veterans Recall the Civil War W. Fitzhugh Brundage 424
Suggestions for Further Reading 441
Index 453
About the Editors 457
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