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1. Prologue: The Photographer (1863) 1

I.T THE FIRS DAY 2 2. Carolina 5 3. Incident 7 4. What Is Truth? 9 5. One Art 11 6. The Musician 13 7. The Singer 16 8. Blood Trail 17 9. ’Stang 21 10. The Forester 23 11. A Mighty Fortress 26 12. Shame 28 13. Iverson’s Pits (1927) 29 14. Courage 33 15. The Music Teacher 36 16. Barlow’s Knoll 37 17. Almshouse 41 18. Stayin’ Alive 43 19. Peace Light 45 20. Orphan 48

II. THE SECOND DAY 50 21. Blood and Water 53 22. Excelsior 55 23. Carolina Hell 60 24. The Old Country 61 25. Sláinte Forever 65 26. Brothers (1863) 67 27. Semper Fi 70

ix 28. Adams County 72 29. The Face of Battle 73 30. Tour Guide 77 31. War Means Fighting 79 32. Bluebird 81 33. Revenants 83 34. Deep River 85 35. Surgeon 90 36. Unrest 92 37. Colonel Cross 93 38. The Gate 97 39. Brothers (Fall of 1968) 100 40. Stone Horses 102 41. Sleepwalking 104 42. Chaplain 106 43. Warren 108 44. Valley of Death 109 45. Overheard 113 46. Faith 115 47. Face-to-Face 117 48. Dreams 119 49. Perish 121 50. Rosa’s Republic 126 51. Culp’s Hill 128 52. Poet 130 53. Many Mansions 131 54. Peonies 135 55. Night at Devil’s Den 137

III. THE THIRD DAY 140 56. The Woman in White 143 57. Carry Me Back 145 58. In Memoriam 147 59. Judgment 151 60. Rain 153 61. Light in the Trees 155 x Contents 62. Home Sweet Home 157 63. Bryan House 160 64. Stars and Bars 162 65. Innocence 164 66. The Game 166 67. The Universal Soldier 167 68. Legion 171 69. Wings 173

IV.E AFT R THE BATTLE 174 70. The Sixth Circle 177 71. Heaven 179 72. Mystery 181 73. Four Mourning Women: Sarah Grigsby 183 74. Four Mourning Women: Nancy Hanks Lincoln 184 75. Four Mourning Women: Anne Rutledge 185 76. Four Mourning Women: 186 77. Soldiers’ National Cemetery 187 78. Brahma 191 79. Remembrance Day 193 80. Pain 195 81. Hardtack and Coffee 199 82. Beauty and Truth 201 83. Honor (The Reenactor) 204 84. Major Dunlop’s Hat 206 85. North and South 207 86. Night 211 87. Light 213

Photographer’s Acknowledgments 219 Chris Heisey Photographer’s Appendix 221 Chris Heisey

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