Description: "In this important new contribution to the historical literature, Amy Fluker offers a history of Civil War commemoration in Missouri, shifting focus away from the guerrilla war and devoting equal attention to Union, African American, and Confederate commemoration. She provides the most complete look yet at the construction of Civil War memory in Missouri, illuminating the particular challenges that shaped Civil War commemoration. As a slaveholding Union state on the Western frontier, Missouri found itself at odds with the popular narratives of Civil War memory developing in the North and the South. At the same time, the state's deeply divided population clashed with one another as they tried to find meaning in their complicated and divisive history. As Missouri's Civil War generation constructed and competed to control Civil War memory, they undertook a series of collaborative efforts that paved the way for reconciliation to a degree unmatched by other states"--
Review Quotes: "Commonwealth of Compromise hits all the right notes regarding tight editing, some appropriate photos, and excellent research."--Dave Page, The Journal of America's Military Past
"Fluker provides a rich narrative that encourages scholars to dig deeper into the local variances and contested memories of the Civil War in American History. This book is an important contribution in 2020 and 2021."--Charles R. Welsko, The Journal of Southern History