American Civil War and Reconstruction Books

New and Published Books

1. The American Civil War

   A Literary and Historical Anthology, 2nd Edition

   Edited by Ian Frederick Finseth

   The American Civil War: A Literary and Historical Anthology brings together a wide variety of important writings from the Civil War and Reconstruction eras, including short fiction, poetry, public addresses, memoirs, and essays, accompanied by detailed annotations and concise introductions. Now in...

   Published March 25th 2013 by Routledge
2. The Routledge Encyclopedia of Civil War Era Biographies

   By John D Wright

   Behind the familiar names of the military and political leaders whose names we all know--Lincoln, Davis, Lee, Grant, Sherman, and Jackson, are the people whose lives and hard work defined the Civil War era: abolitionists, slaves, inventors, manufacturers, painters, lawyers, writers, spies,...

   Published November 6th 2012 by Routledge
3. Civil War America

   A Social and Cultural History with Primary Sources

   Edited by Maggi M. Morehouse, Zoe Trodd

   As war raged on the battlefields of the Civil War, men and women all over the nation continued their daily routines. They celebrated holidays, ran households, wrote letters, read newspapers, joined unions, attended plays, and graduated from high school and college. Civil War America reveals how...

   Published October 16th 2012 by Routledge