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Lexington Books, the scholarly imprint of Rowman & Littlefield, is seeking submissions for its book series, New Studies in Southern History, edited by John David Smith, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte. The series editor welcomes proposals for monographs, edited essay collections, and edited historical texts on the history of the American South broadly defined. Book projects should address scholarly audiences.

Titles in the series include:

Happy Thanksgiving,

we here at H-CivWar are getting some rest from publishing, and hopefully, you do too. To sweeten this week's many culinary delights, we want to offer you a "small" Holiday Special today from our interview series with Kenneth W. Noe. Sit back and watch Ken reevaluate the commanders of the Army of the Potomac as well as one surprise commander at the end.

Hello H-CivWar Readers:

Today we feature Thomas C. Mackey to talk about his new book Opposing Lincoln: Clement L. Vallandigham, Presidential Power, and the Legal Battle over Dissent in Wartime, which came out in September 2020 with the University Press of Kansas.

Hi Dan,
Fascinating topic -- albeit perhaps a challenging one, in terms of finding the plethora examples you want to study. It seems the key is in the question you raise: "what did the arresting party (whether it be on the federal, state, or local level) believe it was accomplishing?"