Why has the Civil War continued to influence American life so profoundly? Winner of the 2018 Book Prize in American Studies of the British Association of Americ

Remembering the Civil War: Reunion and the Limits of Reconciliation

The Civil War retains a powerful hold on the American imagination, with each generation since 1865 reassessing its meaning and importance in American life. This

"In this first biography of the general in more than twenty years, Miller offers a new original perspective, directly challenging those historians who have poin

Even in the midst of the Civil War, its battlefields were being dedicated as hallowed ground. Today, those sites are among the most visited places in the United