Schantz, Mark S.  1955- <br/><br/>
Awaiting the heavenly country :  the Civil War and America's culture of death / 
Mark S. Schantz. 
 - Ithaca :  Cornell University Press,  c2008. 
 - xv, 245 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Emblems of mortality -- The heavenly country -- Melancholy pleasure -- A voice from the ruins -- Better to die free, than to live slaves -- The court of death. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780801437618 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2007048089 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Death--Social aspects--History--United States--19th century.<br/>War and society--History--United States--19th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States--History--Casualties--Social aspects.--Civil War, 1861-1865
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>E468.9  / .S33 2008 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>973.7/1