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Civil War & Reconstruction

To Save Us All from Slavery's Power

To Save Us All from Slavery's Power

Republican Alarms, Southern Terrors, and the Plunge into Civil War

Mark Wahlgren Summers

Freedom in the Age of Slavery

Freedom in the Age of Slavery

A History of Free People of Color in Virginia

Warren Eugene Milteer Jr.

Out of Virginia

Out of Virginia

Black Americans' Search for Freedom in Nineteenth-Century Liberia

Joseph P. Stinnett

Reconstructing the Campus

Reconstructing the Campus

Higher Education and the American Civil War

Michael David Cohen

Words Colliding

Words Colliding

The Debate over Slavery and Black Exclusion in Nineteenth-Century America

Andrew F. Hammann

After the Fire

After the Fire

Richmond in Defeat

Nelson D. Lankford

Students to Soldiers

Students to Soldiers

Secret Military Education at Elite Schools, 1815–1945

John F. Morris

From Dakota to Dixie

From Dakota to Dixie

George Buswell's Civil War

George W. Buswell, edited by Jonathan W. White and Reagan Connelly. Foreword by Gary W. Gallagher

Race, Politics, and Reconstruction

Race, Politics, and Reconstruction

The First Black Cadets at Old West Point

Edited by Rory McGovern and Ronald G. Machoian

Bitter Fruits of Bondage

Bitter Fruits of Bondage

The Demise of Slavery and the Collapse of the Confederacy, 1861–1865

Armstead L. Robinson. Introduction by Joseph P. Reidy

Lynching in Virginia

Lynching in Virginia

Racial Terror and Its Legacy

Edited by Gianluca De Fazio. Afterword by W. Fitzhugh Brundage

Civil War Talks

Civil War Talks

Further Reminiscences of George S. Bernard and His Fellow Veterans

George S. Bernard. Edited by Hampton Newsome, John Horn, and John G. Selby

Justice for Ourselves

Justice for Ourselves

Black Virginians Claim Their Freedom after Slavery

John G. Deal, Marianne E. Julienne, and Brent Tarter. Foreword by Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan

Confederate Visions

Confederate Visions

Nationalism, Symbolism, and the Imagined South in the Civil War

Ian Binnington

After Emancipation

After Emancipation

Racism and Resistance at the University of Virginia

Edited by Kirt von Daacke and Andrea Douglas

Reconstruction beyond 150

Reconstruction beyond 150

Reassessing the New Birth of Freedom

Edited by Orville Vernon Burton and J. Brent Morris

Dueling Cultures, Damnable Legacies

Dueling Cultures, Damnable Legacies

Southern Violence and White Supremacy in the Civil War Era

James Hill Welborn III

The Civil War Political Tradition

The Civil War Political Tradition

Ten Portraits of Those Who Formed It

Paul D. Escott

Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause

Faith, Race, and the Lost Cause

Confessions of a Southern Church

Christopher Alan Graham. Foreword by the Reverend Melanie Mullen

Marching Masters

Marching Masters

Slavery, Race, and the Confederate Army during the Civil War

Colin Edward Woodward

The Weaker Sex in War

The Weaker Sex in War

Gender and Nationalism in Civil War Virginia

Kristen Brill

Young America

Young America

The Transformation of Nationalism before the Civil War

Mark Power Smith

Colossal Ambitions

Colossal Ambitions

Confederate Planning for a Post–Civil War World

Adrian Brettle

Black Suffrage

Black Suffrage

Lincoln’s Last Goal

Paul D. Escott

The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted : Digital Edition

The Papers of Frederick Law Olmsted : Digital Edition

Frederick Law Olmsted. Edited by Charles E. Beveridge, David Schuyler, and Jane Turner Censer

The False Cause

The False Cause

Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory

Adam H. Domby

My Work among the Freedmen

My Work among the Freedmen

The Civil War and Reconstruction Letters of Harriet M. Buss

Harriet M. Buss. Edited by Jonathan W. White and Lydia J. Davis

The Cacophony of Politics

The Cacophony of Politics

Northern Democrats and the American Civil War

J. Matthew Gallman

Gold and Freedom

Gold and Freedom

The Political Economy of Reconstruction

Nicolas Barreyre. Translated by Arthur Goldhammer

Correspondence of James K. Polk : Digital Edition

Correspondence of James K. Polk : Digital Edition

James K. Polk. Edited by Herbert Weaver, Wayne Cutler, Tom Chaffin, Michael David Cohen

Newest Born of Nations

Newest Born of Nations

European Nationalist Movements and the Making of the Confederacy

Ann L. Tucker

The Papers of Andrew Johnson : Digital Edition

The Papers of Andrew Johnson : Digital Edition

Andrew Johnson. Edited by Paul H. Bergeron, Leroy P. Graf and Ralph W. Haskins

The Worst Passions of Human Nature

The Worst Passions of Human Nature

White Supremacy in the Civil War North

Paul D. Escott

Slavery and War in the Americas

Slavery and War in the Americas

Race, Citizenship, and State Building in the United States and Brazil, 1861-1870

Vitor Izecksohn

American Abolitionism

American Abolitionism

Its Direct Political Impact from Colonial Times into Reconstruction

Stanley Harrold

Gettysburg Contested

Gettysburg Contested

150 Years of Preserving America's Cherished Landscapes

Brian Black. With a battle narrative by Richard B. Megraw

Becoming Lincoln

Becoming Lincoln

William W. Freehling

A Strife of Tongues

A Strife of Tongues

The Compromise of 1850 and the Ideological Foundations of the American Civil War

Stephen E. Maizlish

The Papers of Daniel Webster : Digital Edition

The Papers of Daniel Webster : Digital Edition

Daniel Webster. Edited by Charles M. Wiltse

The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant : Digital Edition

The Papers of Ulysses S. Grant : Digital Edition

Ulysses S. Grant. Edited by John Marszalek and John Y. Simon

The War Hits Home

The War Hits Home

The Civil War in Southeastern Virginia

Brian Steel Wills

Daydreams and Nightmares

Daydreams and Nightmares

A Virginia Family Faces Secession and War

Brent Tarter

Lincoln's Dilemma

Lincoln's Dilemma

Blair, Sumner, and the Republican Struggle over Racism and Equality in the Civil War Era

Paul D. Escott

Apostles of Disunion

Apostles of Disunion

Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War

Charles Dew

The First Republican Army

The First Republican Army

The Army of Virginia and the Radicalization of the Civil War

John H. Matsui

War upon Our Border

War upon Our Border

Two Ohio Valley Communities Navigate the Civil War

Stephen I. Rockenbach

A Saga of the New South

A Saga of the New South

Race, Law, and Public Debt in Virginia

Brent Tarter

The Papers of Andrew Jackson : Digital Edition

The Papers of Andrew Jackson : Digital Edition

Andrew Jackson. Edited by Michael E. Woods, Tom Coens, and Laura-Eve Moss

Longstreet's Aide

Longstreet's Aide

The Civil War Letters of Major Thomas J Goree

Thomas W. Cutrer

Intimate Reconstructions

Intimate Reconstructions

Children in Postemancipation Virginia

Catherine A. Jones

Designing Dixie

Designing Dixie

Tourism, Memory, and Urban Space in the New South

Reiko Hillyer

A Fine Body of Men

The Orleans Light Horse, Louisiana Cavalry, 1861–1865

Donald Peter Moriarty, II

A Fine Body of Men

The Orleans Light Horse, Louisiana Cavalry, 1861–1865

Donald Peter Moriarty, II

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass

A Life in Documents

Frederick Douglass. Edited by L. Diane Barnes

Worth a Dozen Men

Worth a Dozen Men

Women and Nursing in the Civil War South

Libra R. Hilde

A Separate Civil War

A Separate Civil War

Communities in Conflict in the Mountain South

Jonathan Dean Sarris

The Struggle for Equality

The Struggle for Equality

Essays on Sectional Conflict, the Civil War, and the Long Reconstruction

Edited by Orville Vernon Burton, Jerald Podair, and Jennifer L. Weber

America on the Eve of the Civil War

America on the Eve of the Civil War

edited by Edward L. Ayers and Carolyn R. Martin

The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within

Fears of Corruption in the Civil War North

Michael Thomas Smith

Radical Reform

Radical Reform

Interracial Politics in Post-Emancipation North Carolina

Deborah Beckel

The Big House after Slavery

The Big House after Slavery

Virginia Plantation Families and Their Postbellum Domestic Experiment

Amy Feely Morsman

Showdown in Virginia

Showdown in Virginia

The 1861 Convention and the Fate of the Union

edited by William W. Freehling and Craig M. Simpson

What Reconstruction Meant

What Reconstruction Meant

Historical Memory in the American South

Bruce E. Baker

Take Care of the Living

Take Care of the Living

Reconstructing Confederate Veteran Families in Virginia

Jeffrey W. McClurken

Civil War Petersburg

Civil War Petersburg

Confederate City in the Crucible of War

A. Wilson Greene

Justice Curtis in the Civil War Era

Justice Curtis in the Civil War Era

At the Crossroads of American Constitutionalism

Stuart Streichler

Lincoln's Tragic Admiral

Lincoln's Tragic Admiral

The Life of Samuel Francis Du Pont

Kevin J. Weddle

The Urban South and the Coming of the Civil War

The Urban South and the Coming of the Civil War

Frank Towers

Murder, Honor, and Law

Murder, Honor, and Law

Four Virginia Homicides from Reconstruction to the Great Depression

Richard F. Hamm

Freedom's Promise

Freedom's Promise

Ex-Slave Families and Citizenship in the Age of Emancipation

Elizabeth Regosin

Two Novels by Mary Chesnut

Two Novels by Mary Chesnut

Mary Boykin Chesnut and Elizabeth Muhlenfeld. introduction by Elizabeth Han

Ashe County's Civil War

Ashe County's Civil War

Community and Society in the Appalachian South

Martin Crawford

Exile in Richmond

Exile in Richmond

The Confederate Journal of Henri Garidel

Michael Bedout Chesson and Leslie Jean Roberts, eds.

Black Prisoners and Their World, Alabama, 1865-1900

Black Prisoners and Their World, Alabama, 1865-1900

Mary Ellen Curtin

Bloody Promenade

Bloody Promenade

Reflections on a Civil War Battle

Stephen Cushman

Southern Rights

Southern Rights

Political Prisoners and the Myth of Confederate Constitutionalism

Mark E. Neely, Jr.

Lee's Young Artillerist

William R.J. Pegram

Peter S. Carmichael

Lee's Young Artillerist

William R.J. Pegram

Peter S. Carmichael

Louisa S. McCord

Louisa S. McCord

Selected Writings

Richard C. Lounsbury, ed.

Yankee Correspondence

Yankee Correspondence

Civil War Letters between New England Soldiers and the Home Front

Nina Silber and Mary Beth Sievens

Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia

Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia

Ervin L. Jordan, Jr.

An Evening When Alone

An Evening When Alone

Four Journals of Single Women in the South, 1827–67

Michael O'Brien, ed.

Civil War Virginia

Civil War Virginia

Battleground for a Nation

James I. Robertson, Jr.

The Edge of The South

The Edge of The South

Edward L. Ayers

Vicksburg, Southern City Under Siege

William Lovelace Foster’s Letter Describing the Defense and Surrender of the Confederate Fortress on the Mississippi

Edited by Kenneth Trist Urquhart

Vicksburg, Southern City Under Siege

William Lovelace Foster’s Letter Describing the Defense and Surrender of the Confederate Fortress on the Mississippi

Edited by Kenneth Trist Urquhart