This landmark series interprets broadly the history and culture of the Civil War era through the long nineteenth century and beyond. Drawing on diverse approaches and methods, the series publishes historical works that explore all aspects of the war, biographies of leading commanders, and tactical and campaign studies, along with select editions of primary sources. Together, these books shed new light on an era that remains central to our understanding of American and world history.
Series Editors
Caroline Janney, University of Virginia
Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Louisiana State University
UNC Press Sponsoring Editor
Mark Simpson-Vos, Senior Executive Editor
mark_simpson-vos@unc.edu
A Campaign of Giants--The Battle for Petersburg
Volume 1: From the Crossing of the James to the Crater
By A. Wilson Greene Foreword by Gary W. Gallagher
Civil War America
Published: February 2025
France and the American Civil War
A Diplomatic History
By Stève Sainlaude , Jessica Edwards Foreword by Don H. Doyle
Civil War America
Published: February 2025
Men Is Cheap
Exposing the Frauds of Free Labor in Civil War America
Civil War America
Published: February 2025
Radical Sacrifice
The Rise and Ruin of Fitz John Porter
Civil War America
Published: February 2025
Storming Vicksburg
Grant, Pemberton, and the Battles of May 19-22, 1863
By Earl J. Hess
Civil War America
Published: August 2024
The War That Made America
Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher
Edited by Caroline E. Janney , Peter S. Carmichael , Aaron Sheehan-Dean
Civil War America
Published: March 2024
Arguing until Doomsday
Stephen Douglas, Jefferson Davis, and the Struggle for American Democracy
Civil War America
Published: February 2024
A Republic in the Ranks
Loyalty and Dissent in the Army of the Potomac
Civil War America
Published: August 2023
The Democratic Collapse
How Gender Politics Broke a Party and a Nation, 1856-1861
Civil War America
Published: November 2022
At War with King Alcohol
Debating Drinking and Masculinity in the Civil War
Civil War America
Published: September 2022