Defining Duty in the Civil War: Personal Choice, Popular Culture, and the Union Home Front

Review of: "Defining Duty in the Civil War: Personal Choice, Popular Culture, and the Union Home Front," by J. Matthew Gallman

The American Civil War: A Hands-On History

Teaching the Civil War A Hands-On Approach When I began teaching the Civil War and Reconstruction, I vowed never to use a textbook. Surely, I reasoned, students should prefer a combination of primary sources and cutting-edge scholarship that can analyze or explain a few key issu...

The Death of Reconstruction: Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901

Review of: The Death of Reconstruction: Race, Labor, and Politics in the Post-Civil War North, 1865-1901. Richardson, Heather Cox

Civil War Writing: New Perspectives on Iconic Texts

In Civil War Writing, editors Gary Gallagher and Stephen Cushman bring together commentary on a wide-ranging group of memoirs, autobiographies, and other personal narratives of the war. Although the book is lacking in a unified thematic emphasis, it rests on something equally important. The editors have assembled an all-star lineup of contributors who produce a book with many quality contributions. The editors modestly, perhaps too modestly, state that this book fails to adequately represent the diversity of voices produced by the war. While this volume may over-represent stories from soldiers, the editors promised that more essays, focusing on a wide variety of topics, are on the way

The Most Complete Political Machine Ever Known: The North\u27s Union Leagues and the American Civil Wa

Review of: “The Most Complete Political Machine Ever Known”: The North’s Union Leagues and the American Civil War, by Paul Taylo

Defining Duty in the Civil War: Personal Choice, Popular Culture, and the Union Home Front

Review of: "Defining Duty in the Civil War: Personal Choice, Popular Culture, and the Union Home Front," by J. Matthew Gallman

Gathering to Save a Nation: Lincoln and the Union\u27s War Governors

Review of: Gathering to Save a Nation: Lincoln and the Union\u27s War Governors, by Stephen D. Engle

The Rashness of That Hour: Politics, Gettysburg, and the Downfall of Confederate Brigadier General Alfred Iverson.

Attempting to Understand a Controversial Confederate Commander This book has much to recommend it. It is the first book-length exploration of the controversial career of Confederate Brigadier General Alfred Iverson. The book tells a significant story that adds a new dimension to our u...

1861 - The Battle Hymn of the Republic

Document citation: Howe, Julia Ward. Battle Hymn of the Republic / by Mrs. Julia Ward Howe. Philadelphia: Published by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, ?. Philadelphia, 1863. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/98101743/.https://scholarworks.uni.edu/nhomefront/1006/thumbnail.jp

1861 - Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address

Document citation: Abraham Lincoln, “First Inaugural Address,” March 4, 1861. https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-9687.https://scholarworks.uni.edu/nhomefront/1003/thumbnail.jp