As the North celebrated the end of the Civil War, the South mourned. It was about to enter a period of extreme turmoil--reconstruction. The authors trace that p

An unflinching look at the grim years of Southern reconstruction.

A history of one of the most important battles waged on American soil that changed the course of the Civil War and helped decide a presidential election. In the

The Sacred Causeof Union highlights Iowans’ important role in reuniting the nation when the battle over slavery tore it asunder. In this first-ever survey of

In her diary, Mary Boykin Chesnut, the wife of a Confederate general and aid to president Jefferson Davis, James Chestnut, Jr., presents an eyewitness account o