{"product_id":"book-dp36","title":"War, Memory, and the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUnion and Confederate veterans meet at Gettysburg on the fiftieth anniversary of the battle.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContrary 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFlagel 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49292675711280,"sku":"BDdp36","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49292675744048,"sku":"ZEdp36","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49292675940656,"sku":"ZMdp36","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/171629-dp36-Square.jpg?v=1732847037","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dp36","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}