{"product_id":"sons-of-east-tennessee-9781476684147","title":"Sons of East Tennessee","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eForeword by Jack Neely\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrologue: Nashville, Tennessee (Memorial Day, 1899)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 1. Reuben Bernard (1832–1865)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 2. Wartime East Tennessee (1861–1865)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 3. William McCorkle (1830–1865)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 4. Post-War East Tennessee (1865–1868)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 5. Separating the Dead (1865–1868)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 6. Memorializing the Dead (1868–1898)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 7. Monuments to the Dead, Reunions for the Living (1868–1898)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 8. Reuben Bernard and William McCorkle (1865–1898)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 9. Henry McCorkle (1867–1898) and John Jay Bernard (1872–1898)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e10. Preparing for War (Winter 1898)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e11. Sailing from Tampa to Cuba (Spring, 1898)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e12. The Battle at El Caney (July 1, 1898)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e13. Burial and Memorial (July 1898–Winter 1899)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e14. Reburial and Reconciliation (April 2, 1899)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue: Knoxville, Tennessee (Memorial Day, 1899)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51040488751447,"sku":"9781476684147","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476684147.jpg?v=1750946910","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sons-of-east-tennessee-9781476684147","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}