The masterful storytelling is richly enhanced with hundreds of photos and illustrations.The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green. The Aftermath of Battle is part of the Emerging Civil War Series offering compelling, easy-to-read overviews of some of the Civil War’s most important stories. In this easy-to-read overview that will complement any Civil War library, author Meg Groeling provides a look at the aftermath of battle and the process of burying the Civil War dead. Visitors to a battlefield often wonder what happened to the dead once the battle was over. In the short-term action, bodies were hastily buried to avoid the stench and the horrific health concerns of massive death in the long-term, families struggled to reclaim loved ones and properly reinter them in established cemeteries. The burial of the dead was an overwhelming experience for the armies or communities forced to clean up after the destruction of battle. Unlike battle narratives, The Aftermath of Battle: The Burial of the Civil War Dead picks up the story as the battle ends. When the dust settled and the living armies moved on, what happened to the dead left behind? The carnage of the battlefield left a lasting impression on those who experienced or viewed it, but in most cases the armies quickly moved on to meet again at another time and place. Skirmishes and battles could result in casualty numbers as low as one or two and as high as tens of thousands. The clash of armies in the American Civil War left hundreds of thousands of men dead, wounded, or permanently damaged.

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