Alan T. Nolan is one of our most esteemed historians of the Civil War. His classic history The Iron Brigade was chosen as one of the "100 best books ever written on the Civil War" by Civil War Times Illustrated. His articles have appeared in such publications as The American Historical Review, Gettysburg Magazine, Civil War, Civil War Times Illustrated, Indiana Magazine of History, and Virginia Magazine of History and Biography and he has been awarded the Nevins-Freeman award by the Chicago Civil War Round Table. Nolan is not the typical Civil-War historian. That he is a top-notch historian, no one can deny. But his legal training at Harvard, his career in the law, and his many years as an officer of the Indiana Historical Society have given him remarkable insights not imaginable by other historians. This new collection of previously published material celebrates Nolan's life-long research and study of the Civil War. Included are essays on the Iron Brigade, Gettysburg, and leaders such as Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, John Gibbon, and Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. Central to all of the essays is Nolan's admiration for the valor of the common soldier and his conviction that the War was neither romantic nor glorious, though its results—emancipation and the maintenance of the Union—were surely monumental.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1 List of Illustrations Chapter 2 Preface Part 3 Leaders Chapter 4 Lawyer Lincoln—Myth and Fact Harvard Law School Bulletin, Nov. 1964 Chapter 5 General Lee—A Different View The Color Bearers, American Blue & Grey Association, 1995 Chapter 6 The Price of Honor: R.E. Lee and the Question of Confederate Surrender Virginia Cavalcade, Vol. 41, No. 3, Winter 1992, and Vol. 41, No. 4, Spring 1992. Originally in Lee Considered, University of North Carolina Press, 1991 Chapter 7 Confederate Leadership at Fredericksburg The Fredericksburg Campaign, University of North Carolina Press, 1995 Chapter 8 Iron Brigade General: John Gibbon Iron Brigade General: John Gibbon, A Rebel in Blue, Greenwood Press, 1993 Chapter 9 Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain In the Hands of Providence: Joshua L. Chamberlain and the American Civil War, University of North Carolina Press, 1992 Chapter 10 Considering Lee Considered: Robert E. Lee and the Lost Cause New Perspectives on the Civil War, Madison House Publishers, Inc., 1998 Chapter 11 Historians' Perspectives on Lee Columbiad, Vol. 2, No. 4, 1999 Chapter 12 Ex Parte Milligan: A Curb of Executive and Military Power We The People, Indiana Historical Society, 1987 Part 13 Gettysburg Chapter 14 Three Flags at Gettysburg Gettysburg Magazine, Issue 1, July 1989 Chapter 15 Reynolds of Gettysburg "For God's Sake, Forward!," Farnsworth House, 1995 Chapter 16 R.E. Lee and July 1 at Gettysburg First Day at Gettysburg: Essays on Confederate and Union Leadership, Kent State University Press, 1992 Chapter 17 In the Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg In the Bloody Railroad Cut at Gettysburg, Morningside House, 1990 Part 18 The Iron Brigade Chapter 19 Virginia's Unwelcome Visitors Virginia Country Magazine, Vol. 4, 1967 Chapter 20 Rufus Dawes' Service with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 1962 Chapter 21 History of the Sauk County Riflemen Butternut Press, 1984 Chapter 22 Giants in Tall Black Hats Civil War Times, vol. 3, No. 8, 1961 Chapter 23 Brave Men's Tears: The Iron Brigade at Brawner Farm Brave Men's Tears: The Iron Brigade at Brawner Farm, Morningside House, 1988 Chapter 24 John Brawner's Damage Claim Giants in Their Tall Black Hats, Indiana University Press, 1998 Part 25 Selected Reviews Chapter 26 Generals McClellan and Hancock Pennsylvania History, Vol. 57, No. 2, 1990 Chapter 27 Generals Lee and Jackson American Historical Review, Vol. 98, No. 2, April 1993 Chapter 28 Atlanta, Pea Ridge, and Chickamauga Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 89, No. 4, 1993 Chapter 29 Tennessee's War Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 62, No. 3, 1966 Chapter 30 Old Abe the War Eagle Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 83, No. 1, 1987 Chapter 31 Why the Confederacy Lost Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Vol. 101, No. 4, 1993 Chapter 32 Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 86, No. 2, 1985 Chapter 33 Commanders of the Army of the Potomac Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 59, No. 2, 1963 Chapter 34 Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend The Washington Times, March 8, 1997 Chapter 35 War in Kentucky Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 91, No. 4, 1995 Chapter 36 Indiana in the War of the Rebellion Indiana Magazine of History, Vol, 57, No. 4, 1961 Chapter 37 The North Fights the Civil War Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 90, No. 4, 1994 Chapter 38 A. Lincoln, Prairie Lawyer Stanford Law Review, Vol. 13, 1961 Chapter 39 Lincoln as a Lawyer Indiana Law Journal, Indiana University School of Law, Vol. 38, No. 4, 1943 Chapter 40 The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Vol. 93, No. 2, 1995 Chapter 41 Black Troops, White Commanders, and Freedmen During the Civil War Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 88, No. 4, 1992 Chapter 42 The Confederate Tide Rising Columbiad, Vol. 2, No. 2, 1998 Chapter 43 General Robert F. Hoke: Lee's Modest Warrior The Washington Times, August 24, 1996 Chapter 44 Battle Cry of Freedom Indiana Magazine of History, Vol. 85, No. 4, 1989 Chapter 45 Acknowledgments Chapter 46 Index