Each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the...

When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife, Varina Howell Davis, reluc...

This book is about the different ways that men and women experienced migration from the Southern ...

Originally published in 1853, Clotel is the first novel by an African American. William Wells Bro...

Originally published in 1853, Clotel is the first novel by an African American. William Wells Bro...

In this path-breaking work on the American Civil War, Joan E. Cashin explores the struggle betwee...

Material objects lie at the crux of understanding individual and social relationships in history,...

Material objects lie at the crux of understanding individual and social relationships in history,...

In this path-breaking work on the American Civil War, Joan E. Cashin explores the struggle betwee...

The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships...

Household War restores the centrality of households to the American Civil War. The essay...

Though civilians constituted the majority of the nation's population and were intimately involved...