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Burying the Dead but Not the Past

Ladies' Memorial Associations and the Lost Cause

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Caroline E. Janney

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306pages
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The role of white women in the South immediately after the Civil War is highlighted through the actions of Ladies' Memorial Associations, which were pivotal in relocating and reinterring over 72,000 Confederate soldiers' remains. Caroline Janney challenges the perception that these women were marginal to the Lost Cause movement until later, illustrating their early influence in creating Confederate tradition. This exploration reveals how gender significantly shaped the politics, culture, and society of the late nineteenth-century South, redefining historical narratives.