Navigate the vast Lincoln historiography with 33 authoritative scholarly essaysNo American has generated more historical writing than Abraham Lincoln, yet navigating that voluminous literature remains a formidable challenge. A Companion to Abraham Lincoln assembles 33 historiographical essays by contributors ranging from senior scholars to graduate students. Together they survey the scholarship that has shaped past and present understandings of the sixteen...

Military uniforms, badges, flags, and other material objects have been used to represent the identity of Americans throughout history. In The Fabric of Civil War Society, Shae Smith Cox examines the material culture of America’s bloodiest conflict, offering a deeper understanding of the war and its commemoration.Cox’s analysis traces the influence of sewn materials throughout the Civil War and Reconstruction as markers of power and authority for both the Union and the Conf...

Buying and Selling Civil War Memory explores the ways in which Gilded Age manufacturers, advertisers, publishers, and others commercialized Civil War memory. Advertisers used images of the war to sell everything from cigarettes to sewing machines; an entire industry grew up around uniforms made for veterans rather than soldiers; publishing houses built subscription bases by tapping into wartime loyalties; while old and young alike found endless sources of entertainment that harken...