This Republic of Suffering：Death and the American Civil War

Morethan600,000soldierslosttheirlivesintheAmericanCivilWar.Anequivalentproportionoftoday'spopulationwouldbesixmillion.InThisRepublicofSuffering,DrewGilpinFaustrevealsthewaysthatdeathonsuchascalechangednotonlyindividuallivesbutthelifeofthenation,describinghowthesurvivorsmanagedonapracticallevelandhowadeeplyreligiousculturestruggledtoreconciletheunprecedentedcarnagewithitsbeliefinabenevolentGod.Throughout,thevoicesofsoldiersandtheirfamilies,ofstatesmen,generals,preachers,poets,surgeons,nurses,northernersandsouthernerscometogethertogiveusavividunderstandingoftheCivilWar'smostfundamentalandwidelysharedreality.