Status Updates From This Republic of Suffering:...

•heavy public mourning of Lincoln’s death was a substitute for the funerals of soldiers regular people could not attend
•published funeral sermons

•denial and difficulty of realizing deaths until physical proof is presented.
•women were expected to mourn longer—widow mourned 2.5 years, widower 3 months.
•”sorority of grief” in the south because of high death toll.
•mourning attire became a huge part of fashion industry.