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Appointed by Abraham Lincoln to the US Supreme Court during the Civil War, Samuel Freeman Miller served on the highest tribunal for twenty-eight tumultuous years. Michael Ross creates a colourful portrait of a passionate man grappling with the difficult legal issues arising from a time of wrenching social and political change.

During the American Civil War the western Trans-Mississippi frontier was host to harsh environmental conditions, irregular warfare, and intense racial tensions. Matthew Stith focuses on Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, and Indian Territory to examine the physical and cultural frontiers that challenged Confederate and Union forces alike.

Chronicles the evolution of Granbury's Texas Brigade, perhaps the most distinguished combat unit in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Named for its commanding officer, Brigadier General Hiram B. Granbury, the brigade fought tenaciously in the western theatre even after Confederate defeat seemed certain.

Historians' attempts to understand legendary Confederate General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson have proved uneven at best and often contentious. Wallace Hettle offers an innovative and distinctive approach to interpreting Stonewall by examining the lives and agendas of those authors who shape our current understanding of General Jackson.

Explores how Britons envisioned the American Civil War and how these conceptions influenced their discussions about race, politics, society, military affairs, and nationalism. Contributing new research that expands upon previous scholarship, Dubrulle offers a methodical dissection of the ideological forces that shaped opinion.

Provides a compelling comparison of seemingly disparate groups and illuminates the contours of nationalism during Reconstruction. By joining the Fenians with freedpeople and southern whites, Mitchell Snay seeks to assert their central relevance to the dynamics of nationalism during Reconstruction.

Until now, Civil War scholars considered Bright and the Union incursion that culminated in his gruesome death as only a historical footnote. In Executing Daniel Bright, Barton Myers uses these events as a window into the wider experience of local guerrilla conflict in North Carolina's Great Dismal Swamp region.

Between 1817 and 1898, New York City evolved from a vital Atlantic port of trade to the centre of American commerce and culture. Although this important urban transformation is well documented, the critical role of select Union soldiers turned New York engineers has, until now, remained largely unexplored.

Patrick Henry Jones's obituary vowed that "his memory shall not fade among men." Yet in little more than a century, history has largely forgotten Jones's considerable accomplishments in the Civil War and the Gilded Age that followed. In this masterful biography, Mark Dunkelman resurrects Jones's story and restores him to his rightful standing.

Reveals the difficulties that President Abraham Lincoln, military officials, and state authorities faced in trying to curb traitorous activity while upholding the spirit of the United States Constitution. Dennis Boman explains that despite Lincoln's desire to disentangle himself from Missouri policy matters, he was never able to do so.

On July 8, 1860, fire destroyed the entire business section of Dallas, Texas. At about the same time, two other fires damaged towns near Dallas. In this book, Donald Reynolds offers a deft analysis of these events and illuminates the ways in which fictionalised conspiracy determined the course of southern secession immediately before the Civil War.

Examines the public and political debates in the North during the US Civil War over southerners' private property rights and explains how these deliberations set in motion the first major reconsideration of the Constitution since the Bill of Rights.

Essays in this collection approach Civil War veterans from oblique angles, including theatre, political, and disability history, as well as borderlands and memory studies. Contributors examine the lives of Union and Confederate veterans, African American veterans, former prisoners of war, amputees, and ex-guerrilla fighters.