Schantz, Mark S. <br/><br/>
Awaiting the Heavenly Country :  The Civil War and America's Culture of Death. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (265 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter One. "Emblems of Mortality" -- Chapter Two. "The Heavenly Country" -- Chapter Three. "Melancholy Pleasure" -- Chapter Four. "A Voice from the Ruins" -- Chapter Five. "Better to Die Free, Than to Live Slaves" -- Chapter Six. "The Court of Death" -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index. 
<br/><br/> Essential reading for anyone wanting a deeper understanding of the Civil War and the ways in which antebellum Americans comprehended death and the unimaginable bloodshed on the horizon. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801459252 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Death -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.<br/>War and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.<br/>United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Casualties -- Social aspects.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E468 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.7/1