Sacred Relics
Pieces of the Past in Nineteenth-Century America
- Contents
- Review Quotes
- Awards

Introduction
1 Beginnings
2 History’s Remains
3 The Sentimental Relic
Part 2 The Civil War
4 The Battlefield’s Remains
5 “In Memory of Our Beloved Confederacy”: Pathetic Relics of the Lost Cause
6 From Relic to Souvenir: Buffs’ Collecting of the War
Part 3 Conclusion
7 The Waning of the Relic
Notes
Index
Berkshire Conference of Women Historians: Berkshire Conference of Women Historians First Book Prize
Won
Choice Magazine: CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Awards
Won
Organization of American Historians: Lawrence W. Levine Prize
Honorable Mention
History: American History | History of Ideas
Religion: American Religions
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