Class Year
2015
Document Type
Blog Post
Publication Date
2-14-2014
Department 1
Civil War Institute
Abstract
Despite Francis Clarke’s argument that men who suffered in exceptional ways, such as amputees, were regarded as national martyrs and held up as the emblem of sacrifice to the nation, this argument cannot be applied wholesale to all exceptional sufferers in the post-war North. Although men who lost limbs in battle were often remembered in terms of glory and treated as national heroes, those who suffered in non-heroic ways, such as prisoners of war and the victims of non-combat related accidents, were often treated as less deserving of honor. [excerpt]
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Recommended Citation
Johnson, S. Marianne, "Tales from a Boston Customs House: “Worthy” Suffering" (2014). The Gettysburg Compiler: On the Front Lines of History. 30.
https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/compiler/30
Comments
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