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A Union Indivisible
Secession and the Politics of Slavery in the Border South
Published: August 2021

Lincoln and the Politics of Slavery
The Other Thirteenth Amendment and the Struggle to Save the Union
Published: February 2021

Bonds of Union
Religion, Race, and Politics in a Civil War Borderland
By Bridget Ford
Published: August 2019

The Slavery Controversy, 1831-1860
Published: July 2018

The F Street Mess
How Southern Senators Rewrote the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Published: November 2017

Calculating the Value of the Union
Slavery, Property Rights, and the Economic Origins of the Civil War
Published: March 2016

William Lowndes Yancey and the Coming of the Civil War
Published: August 2015

At the Precipice
Americans North and South during the Secession Crisis
Published: May 2014

The Revolution of 1861
The American Civil War in the Age of Nationalist Conflict
Published: February 2014

Border War
Fighting over Slavery before the Civil War
Published: February 2013