Peter Seaborg Award for Civil War Scholarship

Given by George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War

23 Works 2,014 Books 29 Reviews 4.2
Awarded by the George Tyler Moore Center for the Study of the Civil War at Shepherd University
The Peter Seaborg Award is an annual prize which recognizes an outstanding nonfiction book that advances show more knowledge about the Civil War era of American history. Preference is given to first-time authors. Collections of essays, edited memoirs, journals, or collections of letters are not eligible. Entries are judged on originality of approach or subject, effectiveness of presentation, historical accuracy, and degree of contribution to the field of knowledge. The author of the chosen book receives a $5000 prize.
Originally awarded by the United States Civil War Center (LSU) in 1997 and 1998. Resumed in 2002 under the George Tyler Moore Center
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Categories:
All, finalist (12), winner (10), No Category (1)
Years:
All, 2012 (1), 2009 (5), 2008 (5), 2007 (5), 2006 (1), 2005 (1), 2004 (1), 2003 (1), 2002 (1), 1998 (1), 1997 (1)
WorkCategoryYear
John Brown's War Against Slavery by Robert E. McGlone
2012
Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign by Peter Cozzens
finalist2009
The Rifle Musket in Civil War Combat: Reality and Myth by Earl J. Hess
finalist2009
Gustavus Vasa Fox of the Union Navy: A Biography by Ari Hoogenboom
finalist2009
Awaiting the Heavenly Country: The Civil War and America's Culture of Death by Mark S. Schantz
finalist2009
Capitol Men: The Epic Story of Reconstruction Through the Lives of the First BlackCongressmen by Philip Dray
winner2009
Beleaguered Winchester: A Virginia Community at War, 1861-1865 by Richard R. Duncan
finalist2008
Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861 by William W. Freehling
finalist2008
Shenandoah Summer by Scott C. Patchan
finalist2008
Diehard Rebels: The Confederate Culture of Invincibility by Jason Phillips
finalist2008
Uncle Tom's Cabin as Visual Culture by Jo-Ann Morgan
winner2008
John M. Schofield and the Politics of Generalship by Donald B. Connelly
finalist2007
Color-Blind Justice: Albion Tourgee and the Quest for Racial Equality from the Civil War to Plessy v. Ferguson by Mark Elliott
finalist2007
Civil War Petersburg: Confederate City in the Crucible of War by A. Wilson Greene
finalist2007
No Party Now by Adam I. P. Smith
finalist2007
Confederate Emancipation: Southern Plans to Free and Arm Slaves during the Civil War by Bruce Levine
winner2007
Reforging the White Republic: Race, Religion, and American Nationalism, 1865–1898 by Edward J. Blum
winner2006
After the Glory: The Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans by Donald R. Shaffer
winner2005
Justice of Shattered Dreams: Samuel Freeman Miller and the Supreme Court During the Civil War Era (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War) by Michael A. Ross
winner2004
Jesse James, Last Rebel of the Civil War by T. J. Stiles
winner2003
Perryville : this grand havoc of battle by Kenneth W. Noe
winner2002
Confederate Tide Rising: Robert E. Lee and the Making of Southern Strategy, 1861-1862 by Joseph L. Harsh
winner1998
War at Every Door: Partisan Politics and Guerrilla Violence in East Tennessee, 1860-1869 by Noel C. Fisher
winner1997

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