New Book Explores the Chaotic Finish of the Civil War and Origins ...

Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox and details the collapse of the armed forces of the Confederate States of America through the spring and ...

The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at ...

History comes to life in Erik Larson's latest, where the events that led up to the Civil War are poked, prodded and studied — and resemble an all-too familiar ...

An 1872 election turned violent. It could be a lesson for 2024.

Diving into the chaos around the election, Bash and Fisher illuminate how far from settled the battles over race and power were in the years ...

Research & Discovery | UVA Today

New Book Explores the Chaotic Finish of the Civil War and Origins of the Lost Cause. UVA historian Caroline Janney is the recipient of the 2022 Gilder ...

What's the most recent book you read about the Civil War era? Are ...

For me, I most recently finished “Pickett's Charge: A Comprehensive View of the Most Famous Attack in American History” by Phillip Thomas Tucker ...

New book tells an epic tale of vengeance and chaos on the ...

Robert Parkinson's 'Heart of American Darkness' explores the history behind the Yellow Creek massacre and Dunmore's War.

Reanimating History: An Interview with Jen Fawkes

Rachel Randolph: Daughters of Chaos is a masterful blend of historical inspirations, from Greek myth to Civil War-era Nashville. Can you talk ...

The Strange and Tragic Wounds of George Cole's America

... Civil War and its aftermath. George Cole was a once-hopeful Union soldier whose dreams of heroism and societal recognition unraveled in the chaos of war and ...

The Coming Great Conflict | TIME

From studying history, I have seen these sorts of civil wars ... explored what he ... new system is the Russian Revolution/Civil War of 1917.

Erik Larson's Latest Book Brings New Life to an Old War

The Demon of Unrest, Larson's vivid depiction of the lead-up to the Civil War, is a masterclass in reportage and storytelling.

6 Illuminating Books About the Reconstruction Era

Displaying the potential for chaos in politics to rival that of war, David Herbert Donald examines the commonalities as well as the differences ...

Stephen Marche's The Next Civil War: A review.

Rousing in a sweat, it didn't take me long to untangle the meaning behind this dream. A few weeks earlier, I had finished editing my book, a ...

This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War by ...

An exceptional book of scholarly research on death and the Civil War. Drew Gilpin Faust, the author, won multiple awards following its release in 2008. I found ...

Summary of 'The March' by E. L. Doctorow: A Detailed Synopsis

This historical fiction novel tells the story of Union General William Tecumseh Sherman's 1864 march through Georgia. Sherman's army, comprising sixty thousand ...

Book on Alabama County's Resistance to Federal Gov Before ...

“Freedom's Dominion: A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power,” by Jefferson Cowie was awarded the History Pulitzer yesterday. The book ...

New history book examines U.S. Civil War as part of a wider North ...

A new book co-edited by Brian Schoen examines the Civil War and Reconstruction era, showing that while the new republic was in crisis, ...

Eye of the Storm: The Civil War Drawings of Robert Knox Sneden

It is the story of a soldier who saw first-hand some of the most dramatic events of the war. The chaos of battle is nowhere better portrayed than in his ...

A Changing Wind - UGA Press

A Changing Wind is the first history to explore what it meant to live in Atlanta during its rapid growth, its devastation in the Civil War, and its rise as a “ ...

I Dread the Thought of the Place - JHU Press

The definitive account of the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest day of the Civil War.Honoroble Mention for the American Battlefield Trust Prize for History, ...

CSI Press Publications on Civil War

In Armies in Retreat: Chaos, Cohesion, and Consequences, editors Timothy Heck and Walker Mills have culled together a collection of essays that fills a critical ...