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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kathryn Allamong Jacob (Radcliffe Institute/Harvard University) , Edwin H. Remsberg (Remsberg Inc.)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 0.624kg ISBN: 9780801858611ISBN 10: 0801858615 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 08 December 1998 Recommended Age: From 18 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Monuments Chapter 1. Arsenal Monument Chapter 2. Emancipation Chapter 3. Veterans of Foreign Wars Tribute Chapter 4. Freedom Chapter 5. James A. Garfield Memorial Chapter 6. Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Chapter 7. Peace Monument Chapter 8. Major General George Gordon Meade Memorial Chapter 9. Albert Pike Memorial Chapter 10. Pension Building Chapter 11. Abraham Lincoln, Judiciary Square Chapter 12. Benjamin Franklin Stephenson and the Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Chapter 13. Major General Winfield Scott Hancock Chapter 14. Admiral David Farragut, United States Navy Memorial Chapter 15. Major General John A. Logan Chapter 16. Major General George H. Thomas Chapter 17. Brigadier General James Birdseye McPherson Chapter 18. General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument Chapter 19. Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, Scott Circle Chapter 20. Admiral David Farragut, Farragut Square Chapter 21. Major General John A. Rawlins Chapter 22. Abraham Lincoln, Rail Fence Mender Chapter 23. John Ericsson Monument Chapter 24. Lincoln Memorial Chapter 25. Nuns of the Battlefield Chapter 26. Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont Memorial Fountain Chapter 27. Major General George B. McClellan Chapter 28. General Philip H. Sheridan Chapter 29. 25th New. York Volunteers Monument Chapter 30. Lincoln Under Fire Chapter 31. African-American Civil War Memorial Chapter 32. Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, Soldiers' Home Chapter 33. Abraham Lincoln, Fort Lincoln Cemetery Chapter 34. Arlington National Cemetery Chapter 35. Major John Rodgers Meigs Chapter 36. Major General William Worth Belknap Monument Chapter 37. Major General Philip Kearny Chapter 38. Confederate Monument Chapter 39. Brigadier General Richard L. Hoxie and Vinnie Ream Hoxie Monument Chapter 40. Major General Henry W. Lawton Monument Chapter 41. Alexandria Confederate Memorial Appendix A. Monuments by Date of Installation Appendix B. Alphabetical List of Monuments with Sculptors Appendix C. Alphabetical List of Sculptors with Monuments Other Sources Consulted IndexReviewsReading this book makes me want to jump in the car, drive down to Washington and look at these monuments with new eyes. It provides a wonderful example of what historic travel is all about and the way it can add a whole new dimension to a visit... Jacob takes what could have been a dry topic and turns it into a fascinating behind-the-pedestals look at 41 Civil War monuments in the nation's capital. -- Tom Huntington, Editor Historic Traveler Rich and fascinating and packed with the kind of detail that can only come with total immersion in a subject, Testament to Union is a Washingtonian's jewel hoard... We are, in short, in the hands of a master of anecdote, who leads the reader from one end of the town to the other by the stories and histories behind the sightless faces of the sculptured heroes and their attendant figures. -- Duncan Spencer Washington Times Readable and well illustrated... Each entry sets the memorial in its political and artistic context and traces the story of its design, construction, and dedication. These accounts are well researched, vivid, and revealing, as Jacob weaves in human stories about controversies, sponsors, and sculptors. -- Catherine W. Bishir Journal of Southern History Jacob's book is a handsomely produced catalog of the Civil War monuments located in the Washington, D.C., area, with excellent new photographs. -- Kirk Savage Public Historian Jacob's remarkable volume vividly animates our understanding of the resonant connections between art and history within a politically charged civic matrix, and she skillfully conveys the complexities inherent in historical commemoration. -- Betsy Fahlman Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Reading this book makes me want to jump in the car, drive down to Washington and look at these monuments with new eyes. It provides a wonderful example of what historic travel is all about and the way it can add a whole new dimension to a visit...Jacob takes what could have been a dry topic and turns it into a fascinating behind-the-pedestals look at 41 Civil War monuments in the nation's capital. --Tom Huntington, Editor, 'Historic Traveler' Rich and fascinating and packed with the kind of detail that can only come with total immersion in a subject, 'Testament to Union' is a Washingtonian's jewel hoard...We are, in short, in the hands of a master of anecdote, who leads the reader from one end of the town to the other by the stories and histories behind the sightless faces of the sculptured heroes and their attendant figures. --Duncan Spencer, 'Washington Times' Reading this book makes me want to jump in the car, drive down to Washington and look at these monuments with new eyes. It provides a wonderful example of what historic travel is all about and the way it can add a whole new dimension to a visit... Jacob takes what could have been a dry topic and turns it into a fascinating behind-the-pedestals look at 41 Civil War monuments in the nation's capital. -- Tom Huntington, Editor Historic Traveler Rich and fascinating and packed with the kind of detail that can only come with total immersion in a subject, Testament to Union is a Washingtonian's jewel hoard... We are, in short, in the hands of a master of anecdote, who leads the reader from one end of the town to the other by the stories and histories behind the sightless faces of the sculptured heroes and their attendant figures. -- Duncan Spencer Washington Times Readable and well illustrated... Each entry sets the memorial in its political and artistic context and traces the story of its design, construction, and dedication. These accounts are well researched, vivid, and revealing, as Jacob weaves in human stories about controversies, sponsors, and sculptors. -- Catherine W. Bishir Journal of Southern History 2000 Jacob's book is a handsomely produced catalog of the Civil War monuments located in the Washington, D.C., area, with excellent new photographs. -- Kirk Savage Public Historian 1999 Jacob's remarkable volume vividly animates our understanding of the resonant connections between art and history within a politically charged civic matrix, and she skillfully conveys the complexities inherent in historical commemoration. -- Betsy Fahlman Virginia Magazine of History and Biography 1999 Author InformationKathryn Allamong Jacob is curator of manuscripts at the Schlesinger Library at the Radcliffe Institute at Harvard University. She is the author of Capital Elites: Society in Washington, D.C., after the Civil War. Edwin Harlan Remsberg is a photographer who lives in Fallston, Maryland. His photographs appear in Maryland's Vanishing Lives, also published by Johns Hopkins. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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