The Bookshelf

"Newest Born of Nations" by Ann L. Tucker makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of how white southerners conceptualized themselves before and during the Civil War.

Most students of nineteenth century America regard Horace Greeley as a political chameleon.

Rachel Lances's "In The Waves" is wholly convincing ... a compelling narrative that is easily accessible to a general audience.

Michael E. Woods' "Arguing Until Doomsday" is one of the most engaging and accessible histories of the pre-Civil War Democratic Party to date.

The contributors to "Vicksburg Besieged" supply welcome new perspectives on a pivotal moment in Civil War history.

In "The Three-Cornered War," Megan Kate Nelson accomplishes the rare feat of providing a new perspective on the Civil War...

Robert J. Wolz recalls the work of postwar northern women’s organizations in "Grand Army Women."

"Targeted Tracks" tells the Civil War story of the Cumberland Valley Railroad....

Heather Cox Richardson's "How the South Won the War" advances the field of Civil War studies and Civil War memory beyond the history of commemoration....

"Rebels in the Making" by William A. Barney is a recommended, in-depth primer to secession for academics and classrooms alike.