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Manuscript submissions and inquiries about guidelines should be sent to William Blair, Editor, The Journal of the Civil War Era, at wab120@psu.edu.

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The editorial home for the journal is the Richards Civil War Era Center, The Pennsylvania State University, 108 Weaver Building, University Park, PA 16802.

Current Issue Contents

The Journal of the Civil War Era

Volume 1, Number 4
December 2011

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Articles

Rachel A. Shelden

Messmates’ Union: Friendship, Politics, and Living Arrangements in the Capital City, 1845–1861

Bruce Levine

“The Vital Element of the Republican Party”: Antislavery, Nativism, and Abraham Lincoln

James L. Huston

The Illinois Political Realignment of 1844–1860: Revisiting the Analysis

Review Essay

Lyde Cullen Sizer

Mapping the Spaces of Women’s Civil War History

Book Reviews

Books Received

Professional Notes

Brian Kelly & John W. White

The After Slavery Website: A New Online Resource for Teaching U.S. Slave Emancipation

Notes on Contributors

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