This collection of scholarly essays blends intellectual with social and cultural history to provi...

Finalist for the 2011 GilderLehrman Lincoln Prize"e;A seminal work. . . . One ofthe best exam...

During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate pris...

During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate pris...

Household War restores the centrality of households to the American Civil War. The essay...

Useful Captives: The Role of POWs in American Military Conflicts is a wide-ranging investigation ...

Every time Union armies invaded Southern territory there were unintended consequences. Military c...

Every time Union armies invaded Southern territory there were unintended consequences. Military c...

Animals mattered in the Civil War. Horses and mules powered the Union and Confederate armies, pro...

Animals mattered in the Civil War. Horses and mules powered the Union and Confederate armies, pro...

During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate pris...

During the winter of 1864, more than 3,000 Federal prisoners of war escaped from Confederate pris...