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Contributors Civil War History Pub Date : 2024-02-08
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors yoni appelbaum, deputy editor at the Atlantic, is a social and cultural historian of the United States. Before joining the Atlantic, he was a lecturer on history and literature at Harvard University. He previously taught at Babson College and Brandeis University, where he received his PhD in American history. brie swenson
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Editor's Overview Civil War History Pub Date : 2024-02-08
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Editor's Overview In 2004, in response to the prolific scholarship on the Civil War, distinguished historian Drew Gilpin Faust published "'We Should Grow Too Fond of It': Why We Love the Civil War," in this journal. It immediately became canonical. Twenty years later, as editor, I wanted to know if we still love the Civil War. It remains
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The Refugee Crisis of Sherman's March: Savannah, Port Royal, and the Transformation of the Sea Islands Civil War History Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Bennett Parten
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: The Refugee Crisis of Sherman's MarchSavannah, Port Royal, and the Transformation of the Sea Islands Bennett Parten (bio) On Christmas 1864, Gen. Rufus Saxton spent his holiday pacing the docks along the wharf at Beaufort, South Carolina. The first "seven hundred" of the roughly twenty thousand freed refugees from slavery who had followed
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"Driven Out on the Old Charge of Being a Rebel": White-on-White Sectional Violence and the "Long" Bleeding Kansas Civil War History Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Brent M. S. Campney
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: "Driven Out on the Old Charge of Being a Rebel"White-on-White Sectional Violence and the "Long" Bleeding Kansas Brent M. S. Campney (bio) "Desperado Hung," blared the Emporia News on February 8, 1867, after white townspeople in nearby Council Grove hanged Jack McDowell, a fellow white man whom they accused of having been a bushwhacker
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"Does the Civil War Matter?": A Roundtable Discussion Civil War History Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Jim Downs, Yoni Appelbaum, Drew Gilpin Faust, Kerri K. Greenidge, Stephanie McCurry, Megan Kate Nelson, Adam I. P. Smith
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: "Does the Civil War Matter?"A Roundtable Discussion Jim Downs, ModeratorParticipants: Yoni Appelbaum, Drew Gilpin Faust, Kerri K. Greenidge, Stephanie McCurry, Megan Kate Nelson, and Adam I. P. Smith In 2004, Civil War History published Drew Gilpin Faust's "'We Should Grow Too Fond of It': Why We Love the Civil War."1 In the article, Faust
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Rebels in the Making: The Secession Crisis and the Birth of the Confederacy by William L. Barney (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Lawrence T. McDonnell
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Rebels in the Making: The Secession Crisis and the Birth of the Confederacy by William L. Barney Lawrence T. McDonnell (bio) Rebels in the Making: The Secession Crisis and the Birth of the Confederacy. William L. Barney. New York: Oxford University Press, 2020. 392 pp. ISBN: 978-0190076085, cloth, $34.95. Publication of Rebels
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The Cacophony of Politics: Northern Democrats and the American Civil War by J. Matthew Gallman (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Brie Swenson Arnold
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Cacophony of Politics: Northern Democrats and the American Civil War by J. Matthew Gallman Brie Swenson Arnold (bio) The Cacophony of Politics: Northern Democrats and the American Civil War. J. Matthew Gallman. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0-8139-4656-6. 416 pp., cloth, $35.00. In this
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At War with King Alcohol: Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War by Megan L. Bever (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Jonathan S. Jones
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: At War with King Alcohol: Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War by Megan L. Bever Jonathan S. Jones (bio) At War with King Alcohol: Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War. Megan L. Bever. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022. ISBN: 978-1-4696-6954-0. 260 pp., paper, $27.95. This unique
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Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era by Frances M. Clarke and Rebecca Jo Plant (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Sarah E. Chinn
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era by Frances M. Clarke and Rebecca Jo Plant Sarah E. Chinn (bio) Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era. Frances M. Clarke and Rebecca Jo Plant. New York: Oxford University Press, 2023. ISBN: 978-019601044. 448 pp., cloth, $34.95. William T. Adams
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The Whartons' War: The Civil War Correspondence of General Gabriel C. Wharton & Anne Radford Wharton 1863–1865 ed. by William C. Davis and Sue Heth Bell (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2024-02-08 Jonathan A. Noyalas
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Whartons' War: The Civil War Correspondence of General Gabriel C. Wharton & Anne Radford Wharton 1863–1865 ed. by William C. Davis and Sue Heth Bell Jonathan A. Noyalas (bio) The Whartons' War: The Civil War Correspondence of General Gabriel C. Wharton & Anne Radford Wharton 1863–1865. Edited by William C. Davis and Sue
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Contributors Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-11-15
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors MARLA ANZALONE is a PhD candidate in the Department of English at Duquesne University. Her dissertation, which received the McAnulty College of Liberal Arts Dissertation Fellowship, examines how nurse, surgeon, and soldier writings shape the collective imagined experience of the Civil War, the wounded soldier, and the hospital
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Editor's Overview Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-11-15
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Editor’s Overview The December 2023 issue is spectacular! It has been deeply rewarding to edit. It captures many new directions in the field. Kristen T. Oertel’s ambitious article on the Second Seminal War situates Native American history in direct conversation with the Civil War, revealing how emancipation served as a wartime strategy
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The "First" Emancipation Proclamation: Black Rebellion, Removal, and Freedom during the Seminole Wars Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Kristen T. Oertel
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: The “First” Emancipation ProclamationBlack Rebellion, Removal, and Freedom during the Seminole Wars Kristen T. Oertel (bio) The brutal war had dragged on for years with no end in sight. The president grew increasingly frustrated by how poorly US troops had performed, and the people’s tolerance of bad news waned with each casualty report
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"Portraits Torn to Shreds": Iconoclasm and the Destruction of Confederate Memory Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Matthew Fox-Amato
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: “Portraits Torn to Shreds”Iconoclasm and the Destruction of Confederate Memory Matthew Fox-Amato (bio) In July 1863, Jefferson Davis was stabbed. To understand the attack, one needs to begin earlier in the war, when Davis’s eldest brother, Joseph E. Davis, had moved belongings from the family’s Brierfield and Hurricane plantations to Owen
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A Novel as Archive: A Roundtable on Frances E. W. Harper's 1892 Novel, Iola Leroy, about the Civil War and Reconstruction Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Jim Downs, Rhae Lynn Barnes, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Rashauna Johnson, John Stauffer, Faith Smith, Nii Ayikwei Parkes
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: A Novel as ArchiveA Roundtable on Frances E. W. Harper’s 1892 Novel, Iola Leroy, about the Civil War and Reconstruction Jim Downs, Editor and Moderator (bio), Rhae Lynn Barnes (bio), Henry Louis Gates Jr. (bio), Rashauna Johnson (bio), John Stauffer (bio), Faith Smith (bio), and Nii Ayikwei Parkes (bio) JIM DOWNS: Over the past year at
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Bloody Flag of Anarchy: Unionism in South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis by Brian C. Neumann (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Michael E. Woods
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Bloody Flag of Anarchy: Unionism in South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis by Brian C. Neumann Michael E. Woods (bio) Bloody Flag of Anarchy: Unionism in South Carolina during the Nullification Crisis. Brian C. Neumann. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2022. ISBN: 978-0-8071-8790-0. 216 pp., cloth, $45
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The Families' Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice by Holly A. Pinheiro Jr (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Angela M. Riotto
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice by Holly A. Pinheiro Jr Angela M. Riotto (bio) The Families’ Civil War: Black Soldiers and the Fight for Racial Justice. Holly A. Pinheiro Jr. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2022. ISBN: 978-0-8203-6196-3, 242 pp., paper, $26.95. The remarkable story
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Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity by Bradley R. Clampitt (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Barbara A. Gannon
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity by Bradley R. Clampitt Barbara A. Gannon (bio) Lost Causes: Confederate Demobilization and the Making of Veteran Identity. Bradley R. Clampitt. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2022. ISBN: 978-0-8071-7716-7. 344 pp., cloth, $50.00. Lately
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The Left-Armed Corps: Writings by Amputee Civil War Veterans by Allison M. Johnson (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-11-15 Marla Anzalone
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Left-Armed Corps: Writings by Amputee Civil War Veterans by Allison M. Johnson Marla Anzalone (bio) The Left-Armed Corps: Writings by Amputee Civil War Veterans. Allison M. Johnson. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2022. ISBN: 978-0-8071-7707-5. 391 pp., paper, $29.95. Through the span of the American Civil
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Contributors Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-08-18
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors CATHERINE V. BATESON is associate lecturer of American History at the University of Kent, where she researches and teaches the American Civil War, 1700s to early 1900s US social and cultural topics, slavery, civil rights and indigenous history, and American studies. She published Irish-Americans Civil War Songs: Identity,
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Editor's Overview Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-08-18
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Editor’s Overview As I prepare the September issue for the final stages of production, news of the College Board stripping its AP African American History course of key content dominates the headlines. The history of Black people in the United States has been— since before the Civil War—preserved among Black communities but the inclusion
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Fighting for State Citizenship in the US Colored Troops Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Cooper Wingert
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Fighting for State Citizenship in the US Colored Troops Cooper Wingert (bio) In a brief but festive ceremony at the state capitol grounds on Sunday, June 28, 1863, Pennsylvania adjutant general A. L. Russell mustered two African American companies from Harrisburg into the state militia, implored the men “to be valiant soldiers and defend
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The Right to Childhood and the Process of Emancipation in the American Civil War Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Ben Davidson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: The Right to Childhood and the Process of Emancipation in the American Civil War Ben Davidson (bio) In 1862, a Black child, no more than five years old, was killed by his master in Virginia “because he hurrahed for the Union.”1 This child might have learned that the approaching Union troops meant freedom, and he could have observed enslaved
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Until Justice Be Done: America's First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Silvana R. Siddali
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction by Kate Masur Silvana R. Siddali (bio) Until Justice Be Done: America’s First Civil Rights Movement, from the Revolution to Reconstruction. Kate Masur. New York: W. W. Norton, 2021. ISBN: 978-1324-00593-3. 480 pp., cloth, $32
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Scars on the Land: An Environmental History of Slavery in the American South by David Silkenat (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Caroline Grego
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Scars on the Land: An Environmental History of Slavery in the American South by David Silkenat Caroline Grego (bio) Scars on the Land: An Environmental History of Slavery in the American South. David Silkenat. Oxford: Oxford University, 2022. ISBN: 978-0-19-756422-6. 272 pp., cloth, $35.00 David Silkenat’s Scars on the Land:
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A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era by Andrew F. Lang (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Catherine V. Bateson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era by Andrew F. Lang Catherine V. Bateson (bio) A Contest of Civilizations: Exposing the Crisis of American Exceptionalism in the Civil War Era. Andrew F. Lang. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-4696-6007-3
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William Gregg's Civil War: The Battle to Shape the History of Guerilla Warfare by Joseph M. Beilein Jr (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Noah F. Crawford
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: William Gregg’s Civil War: The Battle to Shape the History of Guerilla Warfare by Joseph M. Beilein Jr Noah F. Crawford (bio) William Gregg’s Civil War: The Battle to Shape the History of Guerilla Warfare. Joseph M. Beilein Jr. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2019. ISBN 9-780-8203-5577-1. 138 pp., paper, $26.95. The story
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The Union League and Biracial Politics in Reconstruction Texas by Carl H. Moneyhon (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Evan C. Rothera
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Union League and Biracial Politics in Reconstruction Texas by Carl H. Moneyhon Evan C. Rothera (bio) The Union League and Biracial Politics in Reconstruction Texas. Carl H. Moneyhon. College Station: Texas A&M University Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-1-62349-956-3. 426 pp., cloth, $45.00. The Union League was a secret organization
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The Literature of Reconstruction: Not in Plain Black and White by Brook Thomas (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-08-18 Giuliana Perrone
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Literature of Reconstruction: Not in Plain Black and White by Brook Thomas Giuliana Perrone (bio) The Literature of Reconstruction: Not in Plain Black and White. Brook Thomas. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. ISBN: 978-1421421322. 400 pp., cloth, $42.00. In The Literature of Reconstruction: Not in Plain
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Contributors Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-04-27
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors AARON ASTOR is associate professor of History at Maryville College in Maryville, Tennessee. He is the author of Rebels on the Border: Civil War, Emancipation and the Reconstruction of Kentucky and Missouri, 1860–1872 (2012) and The Civil War Along Tennessee’s Cumberland Plateau (2015) coeditor, with Thomas C. Buchanan, of
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Editor's Overview Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-04-27
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Editor’s Overview The June 2023 issue capitalizes on the journal’s storied history as the oldest Civil War history academic publication today. To build on this tradition and to show the relevance of previous issues—from even decades ago—we are republishing Eric Foner’s 1974 article, “The Causes of the American Civil War: Recent Interpretations
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Moral Bushwhacking and Political Quantrellism: Thomas Ewing Jr. and the Clamor of Guerrilla Politics Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Jeremy Neely
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Moral Bushwhacking and Political QuantrellismThomas Ewing Jr. and the Clamor of Guerrilla Politics Jeremy Neely (bio) By the spring of 1863, no military commander seemed capable of suppressing the irregular violence that raged along the Kansas-Missouri border. The partisan warfare that began five years before Fort Sumter had exploded in
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The Causes of the American Civil War: Recent Interpretations and New Directions (1974 Reprint) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Eric Foner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: The Causes of the American Civil WarRecent Interpretations and New Directions (1974 Reprint) Eric Foner In 1960, as Americans prepared to observe the centennial of the Civil War, one of the foremost historians of that conflict published a brief article entitled, “American Historians and the Causes of the Civil War.”1 Most readers probably
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Forum on Eric Foner's "The Causes of the American Civil War: Recent Interpretations and New Directions" Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Aaron Astor, Judith Giesberg, Kellie Carter Jackson, Martha S. Jones, Brian Matthew Jordan, James Oakes, Jason Phillips, Angela M. Riotto, Anne Sarah Rubin, Manisha Sinha
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Forum on Eric Foner’s “The Causes of the American Civil War: Recent Interpretations and New Directions” Aaron Astor (bio), Judith Giesberg (bio), Kellie Carter Jackson (bio), Martha S. Jones (bio), Brian Matthew Jordan (bio), James Oakes (bio), Jason Phillips (bio), Angela M. Riotto (bio), Anne Sarah Rubin (bio), and Manisha Sinha (bio)
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Confederate Conscription and the Struggle for Southern Soldiers by John M. Sacher (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Keith S. Bohannon
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Confederate Conscription and the Struggle for Southern Soldiers by John M. Sacher Keith S. Bohannon (bio) Confederate Conscription and the Struggle for Southern Soldiers. John M. Sacher. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0-8071-7621-4. 296 pp., cloth, $45.00. John M. Sacher’s Confederate Conscription
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Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers by Dillon J. Carroll (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Diane Miller Sommerville
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers by Dillon J. Carroll Diane Miller Sommerville (bio) Invisible Wounds: Mental Illness and Civil War Soldiers. Dillon J. Carroll. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0807169667. 368 pp., cloth, $45.00. [End Page 88] Eric T. Dean Jr. broke new
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Animal Histories of the Civil War Era ed. by Earl J. Hess (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Marcy S. Sacks
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Animal Histories of the Civil War Era ed. by Earl J. Hess Marcy S. Sacks (bio) Animal Histories of the Civil War Era. Edited by Earl J. Hess. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2022. ISBN: 978-0807176917. 288 pp., cloth, $45.00. In his provocative contribution about the late nineteenth century sectional debate
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Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era by Sarah J. Purcell (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-04-27 James J. Broomall
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era by Sarah J. Purcell James J. Broomall (bio) Spectacle of Grief: Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era. Sarah J. Purcell. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2022. ISBN: 978-1-4696-6833-8. 352 pp., paper, $34.95. Sarah J. Purcell’s remarkable
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Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee's Army after Appomattox by Caroline E. Janney (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Kurt Hackemer
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox by Caroline E. Janney Kurt Hackemer (bio) Ends of War: The Unfinished Fight of Lee’s Army after Appomattox. Caroline E. Janney. University of North Carolina Press, 2023. ISBN: 978-1-4696-7430-8. 344 pp., paper, $22.00. The current generation of Civil War scholarship
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Rebel Salvation: Pardon and Amnesty of Confederates in Tennessee by Kathleen Zebley Liulevicius (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-04-27 Heather Carlquist Walser
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Rebel Salvation: Pardon and Amnesty of Confederates in Tennessee by Kathleen Zebley Liulevicius Heather Carlquist Walser (bio) Rebel Salvation: Pardon and Amnesty of Confederates in Tennessee. Kathleen Zebley Liulevicius. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2021. ISBN: 978-0807174906. 368 pp., cloth, 50.00. On May
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Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction by Gordon C. Rhea (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-04-27 J. Brent Morris
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction by Gordon C. Rhea J. Brent Morris (bio) Stephen A. Swails: Black Freedom Fighter in the Civil War and Reconstruction. Gordon C. Rhea. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2021. ISBN: 9780-807176269. 200 pp., cloth, $29.95. Reconstruction
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Contributors Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-02-03
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors PATRICK J. DOYLE is lecturer in modern American history at Royal Holloway, University of London, in the United Kingdom. His research has been supported by the Arts and Humanities Research Council and US-UK Fulbright Commission and has appeared in the Journal of the Civil War Era and the Journal of Social History. He is currently
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Editor's Overview Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-02-03
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Editor’s Overview As part of the journal’s committed effort to center interdisciplinary analysis, the March issue of Civil War History offers excellent new scholarship that brings together the history of photography, gender studies, and memory. In “Marketing The Dead of Antietam: Photographs of Death as a Cultural Commodity,” art historian
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Taking Profits, Making Myths: The Slave Trading Career of Nathan Bedford Forrest Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Timothy S. Huebner
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Taking Profits, Making MythsThe Slave Trading Career of Nathan Bedford Forrest Timothy S. Huebner (bio) The men engaged in the slave-trade between the states pass without condemnation, and their business is deemed honorable. —Frederick Douglass, 1852 Although best known as a Confederate general and early leader of the Ku Klux Klan, Nathan
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"A Dead Cock in the Pit": Masculine Rivalry, Manhood, and Honor in the Civil War South Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Patrick J. Doyle
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: “A Dead Cock in the Pit”Masculine Rivalry, Manhood, and Honor in the Civil War South Patrick J. Doyle (bio) In early February 1863, soldiers from the Seventeenth and Twenty-Third Regiments, South Carolina Volunteers (SCV) engaged in a fierce battle with each other. Both units were camped in North Carolina and were part of the same brigade
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The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War by Jonathan Daniel Wells (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Frank Towers
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War by Jonathan Daniel Wells Frank Towers (bio) The Kidnapping Club: Wall Street, Slavery, and Resistance on the Eve of the Civil War. Jonathan Daniel Wells. New York: Bold Type Books, 2020. ISBN 978-1568587523. 368 pp., cloth, $30.00. In recent
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True Blue: White Unionists in the Deep South during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Clayton J. Butler (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Jonathan A. Noyalas
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: True Blue: White Unionists in the Deep South during the Civil War and Reconstruction by Clayton J. Butler Jonathan A. Noyalas (bio) True Blue: White Unionists in the Deep South during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Clayton J. Butler. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2022. ISBN 978-0-8071-7662-7. 248 pp., cloth
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Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War by Roger Lowenstein, and: Bonds of War: How Civil War Financial Agents Sold the World on the Union by David K. Thomson (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Joseph P. Reidy
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War by Roger Lowenstein, and: Bonds of War: How Civil War Financial Agents Sold the World on the Union by David K. Thomson Joseph P. Reidy (bio) Ways and Means: Lincoln and His Cabinet and the Financing of the Civil War. Roger Lowenstein. New York: Penguin
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Rites of Retaliation: Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the American Civil War by Lorien Foote (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Lesley J. Gordon
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Rites of Retaliation: Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the American Civil War by Lorien Foote Lesley J. Gordon (bio) Rites of Retaliation: Civilization, Soldiers, and Campaigns in the American Civil War. Lorien Foote. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021. ISBN 978-1-4696-6527-6. 312 pp., paper, $22
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Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America's Most Famous Small Town by Jill Ogline Titus (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Summer Perritt
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America’s Most Famous Small Town by Jill Ogline Titus Summer Perritt (bio) Gettysburg 1963: Civil Rights, Cold War Politics, and Historical Memory in America’s Most Famous Small Town. Jill Ogline Titus. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press
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Contesting Commemoration: The 1876 Centennial, Independence Day, and the Reconstruction-Era South by Jack Noe (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2023-02-03 Krista Kinslow
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Contesting Commemoration: The 1876 Centennial, Independence Day, and the Reconstruction-Era South by Jack Noe Krista Kinslow (bio) Contesting Commemoration: The 1876 Centennial, Independence Day, and the Reconstruction-Era South. Jack Noe. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 2021. ISBN 978-0-8071-7558-3. 244 pp., cloth
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Contributors Civil War History Pub Date : 2022-10-21
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Contributors DAVID W. BLIGHT is Sterling Professor of American History at Yale University. He is the author of Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom (2018), American Oracle: The Civil War in the Civil Rights Era (2011), and Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory (2001). JIM DOWNS is the author of Maladies of Empire: How Colonialism
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2022 Hubbell Prize Awarded Civil War History Pub Date : 2022-10-21
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: 2022 Hubbell Prize Awarded EDWARD VALENTIN JR. has won the John T. Hubbell Prize for the best article published in Civil War History during 2021 for his March 2021 article, “Local Knowledge: Black Texans, the Freedmen’s Bureau, and Military Occupation in Reconstruction Texas.” The prize selection committee, comprised of a subgroup of members
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Editor's Overview Civil War History Pub Date : 2022-10-21 Jim Downs
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Editor’s Overview Jim Downs, Editor (bio) The December 2022 issue of Civil War History captures many of the exciting developments in the field. For a decade, prizewinning historian James Oakes has dominated the political history of emancipation with his book Freedom National. Taking his cue from Massachusetts senator Charles Sumner’s 1852
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Conservative to the Last Degree: The Emerging Illinois Republican Party and the Election of 1856 Civil War History Pub Date : 2022-10-21 Ian Iverson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Conservative to the Last DegreeThe Emerging Illinois Republican Party and the Election of 1856 Ian Iverson (bio) With the 1856 Illinois anti-Nebraska state convention rapidly approaching, former state legislator Orville H. Browning balanced his optimism for the coming national election with deep fears for what the meeting might yield.
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"We Are Now at Gettysburg": Gender and Place in the Iowa Woman's Relief Corps' Monument to Jennie Wade Civil War History Pub Date : 2022-10-21 Lindsey R. Peterson
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: “We Are Now at Gettysburg”Gender and Place in the Iowa Woman’s Relief Corps’ Monument to Jennie Wade Lindsey R. Peterson (bio) While visiting Gettysburg National Military Park in 1899, a small group of the Iowa Woman’s Relief Corps (WRC) broke away from its delegation to visit the home and gravesite of Mary Virginia “Jennie” Wade. Wade
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Roundtable Discussion on Deborah Willis's The Black Civil War Soldier: The Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship Civil War History Pub Date : 2022-10-21 Jim Downs, David W. Blight, Cheryl Finley, Matthew Fox-Amato, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Nell Painter, Ann M. Shumard, Deborah Willis
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Roundtable Discussion on Deborah Willis’s The Black Civil War SoldierThe Visual History of Conflict and Citizenship Jim Downs, Moderator (bio), Participants: David W. Blight, Cheryl Finley, Matthew Fox-Amato, Sarah Elizabeth Lewis, Nell Painter, Ann M. Shumard, and Deborah Willis DAVID BLIGHT: Welcome everybody. I’m David Blight. I’m the
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Williams' Gang: A Notorious Slave Trader and His Cargo of Black Convicts by Jeff Forret (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2022-10-21 Jonathan Daniel Wells
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Williams’ Gang: A Notorious Slave Trader and His Cargo of Black Convicts by Jeff Forret Jonathan Daniel Wells (bio) Williams’ Gang: A Notorious Slave Trader and His Cargo of Black Convicts. Jeff Forret. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2020. ISBN 978-2208493031. 482 pp., cloth, $29.95. Before 1850, in the putative land
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South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War by Alice L. Baumgartner (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2022-10-21 Mark Smith
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War by Alice L. Baumgartner Mark Smith (bio) South to Freedom: Runaway Slaves to Mexico and the Road to the Civil War. Alice L. Baumgartner. New York: Basic Books, 2020. ISBN 978-1541617780. 384 pp., cloth, $32.00. Fugitive slaves from the United States who
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Fighting for Citizenship: Black Northerners and the Debate over Military Service in the Civil War by Brian Taylor (review) Civil War History Pub Date : 2022-10-21 James G. Mendez
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Reviewed by: Fighting for Citizenship: Black Northerners and the Debate over Military Service in the Civil War by Brian Taylor James G. Mendez (bio) Fighting for Citizenship: Black Northerners and the Debate over Military Service in the Civil War. Brian Taylor. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2020. ISBN 978-1-4696-5977-0