Across the bloody chasm: the culture of commemoration among Civil War veterans

Introduction: Enemies and Americans

The memories of those days

"The greatest conspiracy of all times" : Union veterans commemorate the suppression of treason

Unrepentant rebels : commemorations and Confederate reconciliation

The enduring work of the Republic : commemorating freedom in the era of reconciliation

Calumny masquerading as history : rebels' response to the emancipationist cause

Epilogue: Legacies under pressure.