Scholar - Women Also Know History

Participant Info

Keywords: Civil War & Reconstruction Era, Antebellum South, Military History

About Me: Lesley J. Gordon earned her BA with High Honors from the College of William and Mary, and her MA and PhD in American History from the University of Georgia. She is presently the Charles G. Summersell Chair of Southern History at the University of Alabama. Her publications include General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend (University of North Carolina Press, 1998), Inside the Confederate Nation: Essays in Honor of Emory M. Thomas (Louisiana State University Press, 2005), and A Broken Regiment: The 16^th Connecticut’s Civil War (Louisiana State University Press, 2014). In addition, she has published numerous articles and book reviews and her public talks have been featured on C-Span. From 2010-2015, Dr. Gordon was editor of the academic journal Civil War History. She is currently at work on a book manuscript about battlefield cowardice and violence

Recent Publications: A Broken Regiment: The 16^th Connecticut’s Civil War. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2014. Paperback edition, June 2018.

Inside the Confederate Nation: Essays in Honor of Emory M. Thomas. Co-editor with John C. Inscoe. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2005. Paperback edition, 2007.

“This Terrible War”: The Civil War and its Aftermath. Co-author with Daniel E. Sutherland and Michael Fellman. New York: Addison Wesley Longman. 2003; 2^nd edition, 2008. 3^rdedition, New York: Pearson, 2015.

Intimate Strategies of the Civil War: Military Commanders and Their Wives. Co-editor with Carol K. Bleser. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. Paperback edition, 2007.

Media Coverage: “What I’m Reading: An Interview with Historian Lesley J. Gordon,” (December 2017). http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/167463; “Who Do you Think You Are” with actor Noah Wyle. TLC channel, aired March 26, 2017. https://www.tlcgo.com/who-do-you