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Beginning where most Civil War histories end, Brian Matthew Jordan's timely reinterpretation reveals the desperate fate that awaited Union veterans after demobilization. In a remarkable feat of historical detection, Jordan fundamentally alters our roseate perceptions of Union victory, marshaling " a rich trove of journals, letters and published accounts revealing the enormous toll that the Civil War took on its participants" (Wall Street Journal). His masterful account demonstrates that while Northerners were willing to salute the heroism of Union soldiers, they remained terribly ill-equipped to mitigate the challenges of their homecoming. Tending rotting wounds, battling alcoholism, campaigning for paltry pensions-these veterans stood as unwelcome reminders to a country eager to heal, forget, and embrace the bounty of the Gilded Age. Widely lauded and deeply relevant, Marching Home reminds us that "the pain of war endures long after the stacking of arms or the signing of and armistice" (Pittsburgh Post- Gazette). Trade paperback Ed 2016
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