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Drew Gilpin Faust [1947-0] American Historian
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When I was growing up in Virginia, the Civil War was presented to me as glorious with dramatic courage and military honor. Later, I realized how death was central to the reality. It was at the core of women's lives. It's what they talked about most.

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Courage, Death, War, Women

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