A groundbreaking investigation examining the fate of Union veterans who won the war but couldn’t bear the peace. For well over a century, traditional Civil Wa

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History Winner of the Gov. John Andrew Award (Union Club of Boston) An acclaimed, groundbreaking, and “powerful exploration

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The African American experience in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction This book examines the complexities of life fo