The Civil War in Pennsylvania: A Photographic History by Michael Kraus, David Neville, and Kenneth Turner, and: The Civil War in Pennsylvania: The African American Experience by Samuel W. Black

Abstract

The battles of the Civil War are never finished. This is especially true as the United States finds itself in the midst of innumerable sesquicentennial commemorations. These commemorations have produced an explosion of print exploring the legacy of a war that claimed more American lives than any other conflict in the nation’s history. Two prime examples of this output have been published by the John Heinz History Center in cooperation with Pennsylvania Civil War 150, an agency that serves as the commonwealth’s official planning committee for the sesquicentennial (see http://pacivilwar150.com). The purpose of Pennsylvania Civil War 150 is to reach a broad audience, and both publications have much to offer general and academic readers alike.