Civil War History Journal

The March issue of "Civil War History” is now available at Project MUSE.

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Pleased to share the news that the latest issue of "Civil War History" is now available at Project MUSE:

https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/56267

New catalog! Our spring season leads with praise for Kent State University Press from Tom Batiuk, and announces books by Eric LeMay, Nina Mandell, Earl J. Hess, Steven Herman (first time in paperback!), and others. Enjoy:

https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/2026_KSUP_ss-catalog.pdf

As the year winds down, a note of thanks to some of the review outlets, literary organizations, and other partners who’ve helped celebrate Kent State University Press’s books and authors in 2025. We’re proud to participate in communities—on campus, around Ohio, and throughout the wider world—dedicated to nurturing books and reading. And we look forward to an even bigger year in 2026.

More good news from the journal “Civil War History,” which is pleased to welcome Matthew Fox-Amato to its editorial staff as book review editor. The team at “Civil War History” is also excited to announce the launch of a new website at cwhjournal.com. Read all the news on the blog from Kent State University Press.

Historian Matthew Fox-Amato joins “Civil War History” as book review editor In support of its role as a field-defining venue for scholarship on the Civil War Era, the journal Civil War History is pleased to welcome Matthew Fox-Amato to its editorial staff as book review ed…

Big news! Marcy S. Sacks has received the John T. Hubbell Prize for her article “‘I Shall Forward to You My Contraband’: Tracing Coerced Wartime Black Movement North through an Incomplete Archive." KSUP annually presents the award for the best article published in the journal "Civil War History."

Marcy S. Sacks awarded the 2025 John T. Hubbell Prize Marcy S. Sacks, Julian S. Rammelkamp Professor of History at Albion College, has been honored with the 2025 John T. Hubbell Prize for her article “‘I Shall Forward to You My Contraband’: Tracing Co…

Our celebration of KSUP’s tradition of publishing excellence continues with select back issues of Civil War History Journal. It’s a journal we’re proud to continue to publish—look for the September issue, now available at Project MUSE:

https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/55224

Thanks to Rhodes College for sharing the news that Timothy Huebner is the 2024 recipient of the John T. Hubbell Prize for best article in the journal “Civil War History.”

Huebner Receives Prize for Best Article Published in Civil War History Journal | Rhodes News Dr. Timothy Huebner, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Rhodes, is the 2024 recipient of the John T. Hubbell Prize for best article published in the past year in Civil War History.

Pleased to announce that Timothy Huebner has won the John T. Hubbell Prize for best article in “Civil War History.” The student intern at KSU Press talked with him about “Taking Profits, Making Myths: The Slave Trading Career of Nathan Bedford Forrest.”

A conversation with Timothy Huebner, winner of the John T. Hubbell Prize Timothy Huebner, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Rhodes College, won the 2024 John T. Hubbell Prize for his Civil War History article “Taking Profits, Making Myths: The Slave Tra…

Author's Corner: Current interviews Michael J. Megelsh on his new book "Adelbert Ames, the Civil War, and the Creation of Modern America."
https://buff.ly/3UvRR8X

"'Letters to Lizzie' is a very valuable read for anyone interested in the lives of ordinary Northern men and women during the Civil War, forming a unique resource, with insights about perceptions of the war, soldiering, life the home front, and family, faith, and male-female relationships in mid-nineteenth century America."—StrategyPage.com https://buff.ly/4bZMRQy

"Lambert’s book renders the complicated story of Tod’s metamorphosis from Democrat to Lincoln ally clear and accessible. He also shows how malleable partisan identity could be in the cauldron of the Civil War and offers a rare spotlight on the phenomenon of War Democrats, those political orphans often mistrusted by Republicans and maligned by Copperheads."—Emerging Civil War https://buff.ly/3uYrCOt