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
Peter Carmichael, Gettysburg College
Caroline Janney, University of Virginia
Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Louisiana State University
UNC Press Sponsoring Editor
Mark Simpson-Vos, Editorial Director
mark_simpson-vos@unc.edu
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
Raising the White Flag
How Surrender Defined the American Civil War
Civil War America
Published: August 2022
The Whartons' War
The Civil War Correspondence of General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne Radford Wharton, 1863–1865
Edited by William C. Davis , Sue Heth Bell Foreword by Peter S. Carmichael
Civil War America
Published: July 2022
The Heart of Hell
The Soldiers' Struggle for Spotsylvania's Bloody Angle
Civil War America
Published: July 2022
Benjamin Franklin Butler
A Noisy, Fearless Life
Civil War America
Published: May 2022
Spectacle of Grief
Public Funerals and Memory in the Civil War Era
Civil War America
Published: April 2022
Bonds of War
How Civil War Financial Agents Sold the World on the Union
Civil War America
Published: April 2022
Love and Duty
Confederate Widows and the Emotional Politics of Loss
Civil War America
Published: April 2022
Searching for Black Confederates
The Civil War’s Most Persistent Myth
Civil War America
Published: February 2022