William A. Blair 
Journal of the Civil War Era [EPUB ebook] 
Winter 2011 Issue

The University of North Carolina Press and the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at the Pennsylvania State University are pleased to Publish The Journal of the Civil War Era. William Blair, of the Pennsylvania State University, serves as founding editor.Table of Contents for this issue:volume 1, number 4: december 2011Articlesrachel a. shelden Messmates’ Union: Friendship, Politics, and Living Arrangements in the Capital City, 18451861bruce levine"The Vital Element of the Republican Party": Antislavery, Nativism, and Abraham Lincolnjames l. huston The Illinois Political Realignment of 18441860: Revisiting the Analysis Review Essaylyde cullen sizer Mapping the Spaces of Women’s Civil War History Book Reviews Books Received Professional Notesbrian kelly & john w. white The After Slavery Website: A New Online Resource for Teaching U.S. Slave Emancipation Notes on Contributors The Journal of the Civil War Era takes advantage of the flowering of research on the many issues raised by the sectional crisis, war, Reconstruction, and memory of the conflict, while bringing fresh understanding to the struggles that defined the period, and by extension, the course of American history in the nineteenth century.