A Companion to the U.S. Civil War

A Companion to the U.S. Civil War presents a comprehensive historiographical collection of essays covering all major military, political, social, and economic aspects of the American Civil War (1861-1865). The two volumes represent the most comprehensive coverage available relating to all aspects of the U.S. Civil War. They feature contributions from dozens of experts in Civil War scholarship and covers major campaigns and battles, and military and political figures, as well as non-military aspects of the conflict such as gender, emancipation, literature, ethnicity, slavery, and memory. [publisher.]