Join the Organization of American Historians in considering the Civil War through the insights of outstanding American historians.
Throughout the 150th anniversary of this conflict, the OAH will explore these themes online, in print, and in person:
- 2011 Origins
- 2012 Mobilizing for War
- 2013 Turning Points
- 2014 Total War
- 2015 Legacies
The Civil War at 150
Featured Resources
Lectures and Conversations
To hear leading historians discussing Civil War history and remembrance, check out audio and video recordings of selected OAH Distinguished Lectures as well as audio podcast conversations.
From the OAH Archives
Selected articles on the Civil War from the OAH Magazine of History, the Journal of American History, and its predecessor, the Mississippi Valley Historical Review, offer a window onto evolving perceptions of the war and highlight how the OAH has long provided a forum for some of the most important Civil War scholarship.
Guest Speakers
The OAH Distinguished Lectureship Program offers nearly 100 historians who study and speak on the Civil War and Reconstruction eras.
Award-winning Books
Since 1985, the Avery O. Craven Award has been presented annually by the OAH for the most original book on the coming of the Civil War, the Civil War years, and Reconstruction, with the exception of works of purely military history. (The exception recognizes and reflects Craven’s Quaker convictions.) Avery O. Craven was president of the OAH, 1963-1964.
Journal of American History
“What Twenty-First-Century Historians Have Said about the Causes of Disunion”
The September 2012 issue of the Journal of American History includes an article by Michael E. Woods that analyzes the extensive literature on causes of the war that has been published since 2000 and articulates several trends found there with regard to sectionalism, southern proslavery American nationalism, and class conflict.
OAH Magazine of History
Civil War at 150: Mobilizing for War (April 2012)
The April 2012 issue of the OAH Magazine of History focuses on how the Union and the Confederacy mobilized resources to fight the Civil War.
