Southern home front studies have been one of the most robust areas of research in Civil War
and Southern history over the last three decades. The field can be broken into two broad …

The American Midwest has been the orphan region of Civil War history, while the
Confederacy and the South have dominated the era's studies. Midwestern states, from Ohio …

Most of us in the academic profession have had the opportunity to roll our eyes at yet
another student-authored history paper that inevitably begins with the words:" Webster's …

Based on recent scholarship and deep research in primary sources, especially the letters
and diaries of “ordinary people,” The Northern Home Front during the Civil War is the first full …

This study focuses on two communities in the trans-Appalachian West. It draws on
borderland historiography and the significance of regions in American history to examine …

The border states during the Civil War have long been ignored or misunderstood in general
histories. This book corrects that oversight, explaining how many border state residents used …

A revealing compilation of essays documenting the effects of the Civil War and its aftermath
on Americans—young and old, black and white, northern and southern. Civil War America …

The North Fights the Civil War: The Home Front. By J. Matthew Gallman.(Chicago: Ivan R.
Dee, 1994. Pp. xi, 21 1. $22.50.) Although there is little new in this book for professional …

In a massive compendium Writing the Civil War, published in 1998, James M. McPherson
and William J. Cooper gathered essays from numerous scholars of the American Civil War …

The personal story of the men and women of Cortland, New York and their efforts to support
the war effort Most regimental histories focus narrowly on military affairs and the battlefield …