Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Prologue 1
4. 1. The Dead and the Living 6
5. 2. Regeneration and Reconstruction 31
6. 3. Decoration Days 64
7. 4. Reconstruction and Reconciliation 98
8. 5. Soldiers’ Memory 140
9. 6. Soldiers’ Faith 171
10. 7. The Literature of Reunion and Its Discontents 211
11. 8. The Lost Cause and Causes Not Lost 255
12. 9. Black Memory and Progress of the Race 300
13. 10. Fifty Years of Freedom and Reunion 338
14. Epilogue 381
15. Notes 399
16. Acknowledgments 481
17. Index 487