Book Review: Federal Stewardship of Confederate Dead

During the Civil War era and its aftermath, Union dead were treated honorably with burials in newly formed national cemeteries. Yet the U.S. government also found itself responsible for handling the bodies of Confederate soldiers, usually those associated with prisoner-of-war camps, which raised important questions about duty, honor, and jurisdiction. Federal Stewardship of the Confederate …

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