Civil War history has always been a UVA strength ... history and literature are intricately intertwined. “What made these books important and makes them important still,” Cushman writes, “is the ...

Throughout the 2024 election, the GOP’s mishandling of American history dominated ... reads. The book opens by highlighting how both parties changed between the Civil War and modern times ...

J. Matthew Ward, PhD, assistant professor of history, will give a presentation on his book, Garden of Ruins: Occupied Louisiana in the Civil War, at the Lincoln-Douglas Debate Museum at 128 North ...

More from Wes about the causes of the Civil War. What led to the outbreak of the bloodiest conflict in the history of North America? A common explanation is that the Civil War was fought over the ...

For all that, New Market Heights is little more than a footnote in Civil War history—a battle ... National Battlefield who has written several books on the Civil War. “The fact that there's ...

Our programing includes a biannual Conference on the Civil War, the Wiley-Silver Prize for Best First Book in Civil War History, the annual Burnham Lecture in Civil War History, and research funding ...