William L. Barney, The Civil War and Reconstruction: a student companion
Lacy K. Ford, A companion to the Civil War and Reconstruction (historiography)
Allen C. Guelzo, Fateful Lightening: A New History of the Civil War and Reconstruction (Vassar has a print and e-book edition. Previous title: Crisis of the American Republic)
Eleanor Jones Harvey, Civil War and American art
Louis P. Masur, The Civil War: A Concise History
Shirley Samuels, The Cambridge companion to Abraham Lincoln
Madelyn Shaw, Homefront and Battlefield: quilts & context in the Civil War
Jeff L. Rosenheim, Photography and the American Civil War
From Ms. Edwards' assignment: "To seek out models for your own work and learn about historians' recent findings, you may wish to browses through recent issues of periodicals such as Journal of American History, Journal of Southern History, Civil War History."
To search for an individual periodical using its title, use the "Journals" tab in the yellow box at the center of the library home page.
