A Study Guide for James Alan McPherson’s Elbow Room, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions…

A glimpse of a tumultuous time in US history, this primary source reference includes 400 biographies of prominent figures living during the Civil War period written by their contemporaries.

Lucid and concise,Embattled Rebelpresents a fresh perspective on the Civil War as seen from the desk of the South’s commander in chief.

From the Pulitzer Prize - winning author of…

A bestselling historian of the Civil War illuminates how Lincoln worked with–and often against–his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and create the role of commander-in-chief as it exists today.

The leading Civil War historian James McPherson and his wife have edited a collection of letters written during the Civil War by a prominent naval officer, Roswell H. Lamson. The…

Treasures of the Civil War is an exhibit catalog that focuses on artifacts from leaders in the Civil War. It accompanies a three year exhibit entitled With Firmness in the…

Three thought-provoking and timely essays tackle an important and controversial area of law, that has real repercussions for the reputation of the law, the role of judges and the independence…

In Drawn With the Sword, James W. McPherson offers a series of thoughtful and engaging essays on some of the most enduring questions of the Civil War. Each essay in…