Sons of East Tennessee : Civil War veterans divided and reconciled / Jack Brubaker ; foreword by Jack Neely.

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2022]

vii, 229 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Civil War veterans divided and reconciled

English

April 25, 2022

Includes bibliographical references and index.