Soldiers in the Civil War drank liquor, and myriad debates ensued over whether or not troops could drink and be patriotic men. These conversations over drinking intermingled with discussions of class, race and ethnicity, and soldiers and civilians argued - with each other and among themselves. Did service to one’s country during a time of war require sobriety? Americans disagreed.
Megan L. Bever, Ph.D. is associate professor of history and chair of the Social Sciences Department at Missouri Southern State University. She also serves as Vice President of the Sherwood-Rader Farm Civil War Park. She is author of At War with King Alcohol: Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War (2022) and co-editor of American Discord: The Republic and Its People in the Civil War Era (2020) and The Historian Behind the History (2014).
Join us to commemorate the 161st anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg with Sacred Trust 2024 Talks & Book Signings at the Gettysburg National Military Park Museum & Visitor Center.
Details to be announced in the spring of 2024. For more information, visit www.gettysburgfoundation.org/...
24 мар 2024
