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Frock Coat And Flag: Union Soldier Markers In Central Maine, Kimberly Sawtelle May 2009

Frock Coat And Flag: Union Soldier Markers In Central Maine, Kimberly Sawtelle

Kimberly J. Sawtelle

The Frock Coat and Flag motif of gravestone is a short-lived memorial theme borne from a compressed period of American history. The horrors, tragedy, and impact of the U.S. Civil War on American civilians and a lack of a comprehensive plan by the U.S. Congress to provide means or methods to bury and mark the graves of soldiers who died in service contributed to the manifestation of a portrait-style grave marker used by families in a relatively compact geographic region of central Maine between 1861 and 1864.


Criminal Injustice: Slaves And Free Blacks In Georgia's Criminal Justice System, Glenn Mcnair Dec 2008

Criminal Injustice: Slaves And Free Blacks In Georgia's Criminal Justice System, Glenn Mcnair

Glenn McNair

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Memoir Of Sister Cecilia O'Conway: Sisters Of Charity Of St. Joseph's, Betty Ann Mcneil Dec 2008

Memoir Of Sister Cecilia O'Conway: Sisters Of Charity Of St. Joseph's, Betty Ann Mcneil

Betty Ann McNeil, D.C.


An annotated presentation of the original memoir by Cecilia Maria O'Conway, the first candidate for the American Sisters of Charity founded by Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), near Emmitsburg, Maryland, July 31, 1809.