Wounded for Life: Seven Union Veterans of the Civil War (Robert D. Hicks - BH) Section- Historical fiction Three related themes are examined

Three related themes are examined in this fascinating study: the social dynamics of race relations in Union Army camps

He shows how it emerged as the preeminent representation of the Confederacy and was transformed into a cultural icon from Reconstruction on

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Wounded for Life: Seven Union Veterans of the Civil War (Robert D. Hicks - BH) Section- Historical fiction Three related themes are examinedby Robert D. Hicks Most histories of wounded Civil War veterans construe them as feminized men whose manhood has suffered due to their inability to provide for and raise families or engage in business. Wounded for Life complicates this picture by examining how seven veteranssix soldiers and one physiciancoped with their changed bodies in their postwar lives. Through these intimate stories, author Robert D. Hicks looks at the veteran's body as shaped