This book provides a succinct and accessible account of the critical role of legal and constitutional issues of the American Civil War.

The first comprehensive collection of legal history documents from the Civil War and Reconstruction, this volume shows the profound legal changes that occurred

Designed to be either the primary anthology or textbook for the course, this best-selling title covers the Civil War's entire chronological span with a series o

“Gripping and essential.”—Jesse Wegman, New York Times An authoritative history by the preeminent scholar of the Civil War era, The Second Founding traces

Looks at the contest to construct history, focusing on competing versions of Reconstruction history supported by different factions after the Civil War. The aut