The Spirit of Columbus: Civil War Memory in the Fountain City, 1865-1880

<p>During the Civil War men and women from Columbus supported the Confederate war effort through direct military service and the Ladies Soldier’s Friend Society. After the Civil War, the women of Columbus organized the Ladies Memorial Association to beautify Linwood Cemetery and build a Confederate monument. Their efforts between the years 1865 and 1880 was marked by organization of military parades and speech readings during Confederate Memorial Day, and fundraising projects for the creation of the Columbus monument. No research has been done on the work of Columbus’ Ladies Memorial Association. This work is a historic narrative on the efforts of Columbus women’s involvement in the creation of the South’s Lost Cause identity. The Confederate Memorial Day tradition in Columbus shows that the tradition evolved over time, in response to conflict with Union authorities and social changes as men and women reinterpreted the historical significance of their actions in response to changes in the post-war South.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

History

Level thesis:degree_level

Thesis

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History and Geography

Year dc:date.available

2020

Author dc:creator

• Fabery, Kevin

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dr. Sarah Bowman
• Dr. Dan Crosswell
• Dr. Ryan Lynch

• Civil War
• Reconstruction
• Memorial Day
• Lost Cause
• Cultural History
• History
• United States History

Language dc:language

English

Repository record dc:identifier

https://csuepress.columbusstate.edu/theses_dissertations/393

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:csuepress.columbusstate.edu:theses_dissertations-1394