The story of the American Civil War is usually told though a chronological framework and the author typically selects an event or place for focus, but this dissertation uses the lens of uniforms, flags, and post-war badges to travel through chronology and highlight new negotiations of well-known stories. While uniforms might just seem to be articles of clothing to wear on the battlefield, both the Union and the Confederacy used uniforms and flags as specific representations of identity during and after the war to present their “true history.” Citizens and veterans from the former Union used the uniforms and the flag as a sign of the legitimacy of their victory over the Confederates. Once the rebels lost the physical war, their uniforms and ...
In doing research for a previous post, I learned about the stand of the Sixteenth Maine at the Battl...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2019Abstract The Confederate Battle Flag: Why is it per...
The Confederate flag is perhaps the most divisive symbol in American history. It is historically ass...
The American Civil War revolutionised visual culture. From 1861 to 1865, soldiers seized upon pictur...
This project examines textiles during the American Civil War to further consider the impact fiber re...
Despite hundreds of images of Union soldiers and countless accounts by veterans of their appearance ...
278 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004.This research revolves around...
220 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999.I analyze the army as an exam...
This diploma thesis focuses on the role of the American Civil War memory in the American society tod...
Few symbols are as revered and despised by Americans as the Confederate Battle Flag. Loosely derived...
Focusing on nineteenth-century American military occupation, this dissertation critically engages th...
This thesis interrogates the intersection of historical memory, white Southern identity and socio-po...
This dissertation explores the meaning of the Civil War in the South by examining white Southerners’...
Although the Civil War was more than 150 years ago, some leftover tensions from 1865 still persist. ...
Skirt Patrol: American Women in Uniformed Service, 1915-1950 explores the intersection of uniform d...
In doing research for a previous post, I learned about the stand of the Sixteenth Maine at the Battl...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2019Abstract The Confederate Battle Flag: Why is it per...
The Confederate flag is perhaps the most divisive symbol in American history. It is historically ass...
The American Civil War revolutionised visual culture. From 1861 to 1865, soldiers seized upon pictur...
This project examines textiles during the American Civil War to further consider the impact fiber re...
Despite hundreds of images of Union soldiers and countless accounts by veterans of their appearance ...
278 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2004.This research revolves around...
220 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999.I analyze the army as an exam...
This diploma thesis focuses on the role of the American Civil War memory in the American society tod...
Few symbols are as revered and despised by Americans as the Confederate Battle Flag. Loosely derived...
Focusing on nineteenth-century American military occupation, this dissertation critically engages th...
This thesis interrogates the intersection of historical memory, white Southern identity and socio-po...
This dissertation explores the meaning of the Civil War in the South by examining white Southerners’...
Although the Civil War was more than 150 years ago, some leftover tensions from 1865 still persist. ...
Skirt Patrol: American Women in Uniformed Service, 1915-1950 explores the intersection of uniform d...
In doing research for a previous post, I learned about the stand of the Sixteenth Maine at the Battl...
Thesis (Master's)--University of Washington, 2019Abstract The Confederate Battle Flag: Why is it per...
The Confederate flag is perhaps the most divisive symbol in American history. It is historically ass...