Description
Book Synopsis Two aging Civil War veterans mourned the death of their sons at a joint funeral in Knoxville National Cemetery. One, a cavalry general, had fought for the Union. The other had served as surgeon/major of a Confederate cavalry regiment. They met for the first time at the graves of their sons--two army lieutenants and University of Tennessee graduates killed together in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Newspaper accounts presented the encounter as an example of reconciliation between North and South.
This book recounts the meeting of two families from opposing sides of the war--both rooted in East Tennessee, a region harshly divided by the conflict--placing their story in the context of America''s reconciliation narrative at the end of the 19th century.
Table of Contents
- Foreword by Jack Neely
- Preface
- Prologue: Nashville, Tennessee (Memorial Day, 1899)
- 1. Reuben Bernard (1832–1865)
- 2. Wartime East Tennessee (1861–1865)
- 3. William McCorkle (1830–1865)
- 4. Post-War East Tennessee (1865–1868)
- 5. Separating the Dead (1865–1868)
- 6. Memorializing the Dead (1868–1898)
- 7. Monuments to the Dead, Reunions for the Living (1868–1898)
- 8. Reuben Bernard and William McCorkle (1865–1898)
- 9. Henry McCorkle (1867–1898) and John Jay Bernard (1872–1898)
- 10. Preparing for War (Winter 1898)
- 11. Sailing from Tampa to Cuba (Spring, 1898)
- 12. The Battle at El Caney (July 1, 1898)
- 13. Burial and Memorial (July 1898–Winter 1899)
- 14. Reburial and Reconciliation (April 2, 1899)
- Epilogue: Knoxville, Tennessee (Memorial Day, 1899)
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
