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Prof. Grimsley with his dog Jethro. |
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My teaching and research interests include nineteenth century American history and military history, with a specialization in the Civil War era. I've been known to teach European military history, too; also thematic stuff.
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For my complete vita, click here. Otherwise,
just check out the highlights:
Some Publications
The Hard Hand of War: Union Military Policy Toward Southern Civilians, 1861-1865. My first book.
The Union Must Stand: The Civil War Diary of John Quincy Adams Campbell, Fifth Iowa Volunteer Infantry (co-edited with Todd D. Miller).
Gettysburg: A Battlefield Guide (co-written with Brooks D. Simpson).
The Collapse of the Confederacy (co-edited with Brooks D. Simpson).
Civilians in the Path of War (co-edited with Clifford J. Rogers)
And Keep Moving On: The Virginia Campaign, May-June 1864. Now in paperback.
Warfare in the Western World , edited by Robert A. Doughty and Ira D. Gruber. I wrote the Civil War chapters for this military history textbook, which is published by Houghton Mifflin. It's the new standard textbook at the U.S. Military Academy. My chapters are available separately in a spin-off volume entitled The American Civil War: The Emergence of Total Warfare.
Course Materials
If you'd like to see some old syllabi, be my guest.
Reading Lists
U.S. History to 1877 (Microsoft Word document)
Preliminary Reading List in Military History
Union Soldiers and the Persistence of Restraint in War. A lecture given at the U.S. Military Academy in 1995, based on themes in my first book, The Hard Hand of War.
"Thieves, Murderers, Trespassers": The Mythology of Sherman's March. A presentation given several times (in various forms) to general audiences.
Starship Troopers, Civic Virtue, and the American Civil War. A refinement of a 1997 lecture given on a staff ride at Antietam battlefield with about 30 West Point cadets, most of whom had just seen the film Starship Troopers.
Finally here! The Making of a Military Historian.
Is It True What They Say About Military Historians?
Confirm Your Worst Suspicions!
Adventures in Cyberspace
Mark GrimsleyCopyright © 1996-2005 by Mark Grimsley
Most recent revision Tuesday, October 31, 2006