Littlefield History of the Civil War Era

This landmark series of sixteen volumes—written by some of today’s most respected Civil War historians—covers the War from the earliest rumblings of disunion through to its devastating conclusion and Reconstruction. To be published between 2008 and 2018, these books will provide a comprehensive narrative of that defining event in United States history.

A joint project of the University of North Carolina Press and the Littlefield Fund for Southern History at the University of Texas at Austin.

Series Editors

Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia
T. Michael Parrish, Baylor University