How did the armies deal with their dead?
Death and Mourning in the Civil War
One of the greatest fears of a Civil War soldier was to be killed on the battlefield or to die in a field hospital as an unknown.
The Civil War spurred a change in attitude towards the way the dead were interred.
The home front could be deadly at times. Read about the tragic story of an ammunition factory explosion on Brown’s Island in Richmond.
Discover how mourning family members turned to poetry to glorify the death of their loved ones and reassure themselves they experienced a meaningful death.
