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It is a fictionalized account of the 1932 reunion of Confederate veterans of the American Civil War in Richmond, Virginia, attended by John Houston Thorpe, former captain of Company A of the 47th North Carolina. Thorpe spends a few nights talking and interacting with his fellow veterans, remembering the good and the bad of warfare. One night, after a joyous celebration and dancing, Thorpe dies in his sleep, and discovers that the men who died in battle during the Civil War go to a kind of Valhalla, where they still fight, although in a far more congenial way.

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rdf:type	Short Story
rdfs:label	The Last Reunion
rdfs:comment	It is a fictionalized account of the 1932 reunion of Confederate veterans of the American Civil War in Richmond, Virginia, attended by John Houston Thorpe, former captain of Company A of the 47th North Carolina. Thorpe spends a few nights talking and interacting with his fellow veterans, remembering the good and the bad of warfare. One night, after a joyous celebration and dancing, Thorpe dies in his sleep, and discovers that the men who died in battle during the Civil War go to a kind of Valhalla, where they still fight, although in a far more congenial way.
dcterms:subject	Short Stories First Published in Amazing Stories Short Stories Works Set in the United States The Last Reunion Departures 1992 Works Works Set in the 1930s
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pub date	June, 1992
First Appearance	Amazing Science Fiction
Genre	Historic fantasy
ImageSize	180(xsd:integer)
Author	Harry Turtledove
abstract	It is a fictionalized account of the 1932 reunion of Confederate veterans of the American Civil War in Richmond, Virginia, attended by John Houston Thorpe, former captain of Company A of the 47th North Carolina. Thorpe spends a few nights talking and interacting with his fellow veterans, remembering the good and the bad of warfare. One night, after a joyous celebration and dancing, Thorpe dies in his sleep, and discovers that the men who died in battle during the Civil War go to a kind of Valhalla, where they still fight, although in a far more congenial way.

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