ALABAMA CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAGS: HISTORY, PRESERVATION, AND INTERPRETATION

dc.contributor.author Hutson, Stanley Allen
dc.contributor.department History en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2019-06-13T17:58:41Z
dc.date.available 2019-06-13T17:58:41Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.date.updated 2019-06-13T17:58:42Z
dc.description.abstract This thesis focuses on the preservation and interpretation of Alabama Confederate battle flags, mainly those at the Alabama Department of Archives and History. I study the complex history of Confederate flags, along with the now almost singularly known ‘Rebel flag’, in order to better understand modern day preservation and interpretation attempts both at the ADAH and other historic venues across the United States. This thesis explores the society that existed before the Civil War in the southern United States and how that unique culture was eventually tangibly embodied within those flags. I also research the wartime use of Confederate flags to understand what they meant in the context of those times and how they were used as utilitarian military objects in combat, but took on greater meaning and developed in to a source of pride for the men who fought under them. I then explore the post war history of the flags, from their repatriation to archival repositories across the South, to their use by the KKK, and their place in Southern culture. Finally, I briefly explore contemporary issues concerning the flags and how those factors influence their preservation and interpretation. Lastly, I discuss the latest trends at the ADAH concerning the preservation and interpretation of Alabama Confederate flags.
dc.identifier.uri http://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/xmlui/handle/mtsu/5832
dc.language.rfc3066 en
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University
dc.thesis.degreegrantor Middle Tennessee State University
dc.title ALABAMA CONFEDERATE BATTLE FLAGS: HISTORY, PRESERVATION, AND INTERPRETATION
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