Sons of East Tennessee: Civil War Veterans Divided and Reconciled

By Jack Brubaker

Two aging Civil War veterans mourned the death of their sons at a joint funeral in Knoxville National Cemetery. One, a cavalry general, had fought for the Union. The other had served as surgeon/major of a Confederate cavalry regiment. They met for the first time at the graves of their sons--two army lieutenants and University of Tennessee graduates killed together in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. Newspaper accounts presented the encounter as an example of reconciliation between North and South.

This book recounts the meeting of two families from opposing sides of the war--both rooted in East Tennessee, a region harshly divided by the conflict--placing their story in the context of America's reconciliation narrative at the end of the 19th century.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1476684146
• ISBN13: 9781476684147
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 237 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up