Roger Lowenstein's "Ways and Means" flows with a confident grace, guiding readers through myriad financial schemes, government policies, and political intrigue.
"Six Miles from Charleston, Five Minutes to Hell" argues that Secessionville was a key battle, outweighing in scope what it lacked in scale.
"Contemners and Serpents" presents the correspondence of a family who ended up in Georgia, Tennessee, and South Carolina during and after the Civil War.
Mingus and Wittenberg present a comprehensive retelling of the critical period that preceded the conflict’s bloodiest encounter.
James C. Cobb's biography "C. Vann Woodward" provides unique insight into the power and production of history.
Robert Redd's "Hidden History of Civil War Florida" highlights the depth fo the state's Civil War history.
Jeffrey L. Pasley's "A Fire Bell in the Past" succeeds in presenting a novel look into the Missouri crisis.
Alicestyne Turley's "The Gospel of Freedom" is a recommended and valuable contribution to our understanding of the Underground Railroad, Black Evangelicalism, and abolition.
Walter R. Green Jr.'s "The Nashville and Decatur Railroad in the Civil War" is among the best of recent publications on individual railroads in the conflict.
"An Environmental History of the Civil War" makes an important contribution to Civil War historiography.