About the Author

MATTHEW WARSHAUER is a professor of history at Central Connecticut State University. He serves as the co-chair of the Connecticut Civil War Commemoration Committee, which develops programs and events commemorating the war’s sesquicentennial.

Reviews

"Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice, and Survival serves as a model of what a state-level survey of the Civil War can achieve. More than a synthesis, his book attains a potent combination of description and analysis."--Peter C. Luebke, The Civil War Monitor

" Connecticut in the American Civil War: Slavery, Sacrifice, and Survival serves as a model of what a state-level survey of the Civil War can achieve. More than a synthesis, his book attains a potent combination of description and analysis."--Peter C. Luebke, The Civil War Monitor

"A concise, well written overview of the major battles fought both on the ground and in the political arena during the Civil war. (O)ffers fresh insight in the political motivations for both Connecticut lawmakers and nationally elected officials regarding slavery, emancipation"--Christina Beaird, AASL/PLR "Outstanding" University Press Books

"Warshauer's account puts political parties and questions about racial policy at the heart of Connecticut's wartime history. I hope that every state's commemoration of the sesquicentennial of the Civil War produces a study as good as this one."--Mark E. Neely, Jr., author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Fate of Liberty: Abraham Lincoln and Civil Liberties

"With Connecticut in the American Civil War, Matthew Warshauer links local and personal stories to a well known national story, providing readers with provocation and useful ways to think about Connecticut's past, the Civil War, and their effects on contemporary issues.""--Sally Whipple, former president, Connecticut League of Historical Organizations