UNC Press is pleased to offer some of our best-selling and award-winning Civil War books in easy-to-read, large-print format. Set in 16-point type, these books have been designed to make some of our most requested titles accessible to a larger number of readers than ever before.
Look for more large-print editions from UNC Press in the coming seasons.
The Civil War in the West
Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi
By Earl J. Hess
An operational study of the Western theater
Border War
Fighting over Slavery before the Civil War
By Stanley Harrold
A comprehensive study of the border clashes preceding the Civil War
Disunion!
The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859
By Elizabeth R. Varon
The most provocative word in the political vocabulary of antebellum America
Reluctant Rebels
The Confederates Who Joined the Army after 1861
By Kenneth W. Noe
A fresh look at why Confederates fought and ultimately lost the war
The Long Shadow of the Civil War
Southern Dissent and Its Legacies
By Victoria E. Bynum
The inner civil war and its aftermath
Covered with Glory
The 26th North Carolina Infantry at the Battle of Gettysburg
By Rod Gragg
“One of the most dramatic combat narratives ever written.”–Military.com
West Pointers and the Civil War
The Old Army in War and Peace
By Wayne Wei-siang Hsieh
Ushering in the transformation from militia to professional standing army
Fields of Blood
The Prairie Grove Campaign
By William L. Shea
A detailed examination of the battles tactical and strategic elements
A Savage Conflict
The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War
By Daniel E. Sutherland
The boon and bane of irregular warfare
Wars within a War
Controversy and Conflict over the American Civil War
Edited By Joan Waugh and Gary W. Gallagher
A sampler of the best scholarship on the Civil War and its memory
Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten
How Hollywood and Popular Art Shape What We Know about the Civil War
By Gary W. Gallagher
Versions of history we learn at the movies
The Civil War as a Theological Crisis
By Mark A. Noll
All sides believing God was on their side
Lee’s Last Retreat
The Flight to Appomattox
By William Marvel
The myths of Lee’s final campaign
Mothers of Invention
Women of the Slaveholding South in the American Civil War
By Drew Gilpin Faust
An award-winning portrait of women in the Confederacy
Andersonville
The Last Depot
By William Marvel
The real tragedy of the notorious Confederate prison camp
Lee Considered
General Robert E. Lee and Civil War History
By Alan T. Nolan
A rigorous reexamination of longstanding myths about Lee and the Civil War
I Rode with Stonewall
By Henry Kyd Douglas
The war experiences of the youngest member of Jackson’s staff
