popular series posts

As I have taken to posting on some topics in a “series” format, and have had considerable interest in some of them, this page will serve as portal for links to the most popular. I hope this will serve to improve readability by putting - in one place. 

Thank you for your interest.

A note on citing these materials. You are welcome to quote the works that appears here with, of course, the appropriate citations. I recommend that you refer to the guidance provided for online citations in the format/style in which you are writing (MLA, Turbian, etc).

  

The Civil War as Second American Revolution

Cogitating on Abraham Lincoln as “Revolutionary”

The Civil War as Revolution - Part I

The Civil War as Revolution - Part II

The Revolutionaries of the American Civil War

Exploring Causes of the Civil War

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part I: Introduction 

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part II - Antebellum America 

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part III - The Antebellum South 

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part IV - The Antebellum North

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part V: The Rise of Sectional Disputes

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part VI: The Contribution of Constitutional Ambiguity

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part VII: Political Discord, Slavery, and the Fight for Political Control 

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part VIII: The Influence of the Individual 

Exploring Causes of the Civil War - Part IX: The Debate Over the War’s Inevitability 

The Experience of Soldiers

The Weapons They Carried

Why Men Fought in the Civil War

On Lice, Disease and Quinine 

Death and Injury on the Battlefield - Part I

Death and Injury on the Battlefield - Part II