George C. Rable is the Charles Summersell Professor of Southern History at the University of Alabama

University of Alabama

The University of Alabama is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States....

. His 2002 book Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!, is notable for winning the 2003 Lincoln Prize

Lincoln Prize

The Lincoln Prize, endowed by Richard Gilder and Lewis Lehrman and administered by the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College, has been awarded annually since 1991 for the best non-fiction historical work of the year on the American Civil War. It is named for U.S...

, a $50,000 award for excellence in Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

scholarship. The book is notable for retaining a traditional military analysis of the Civil War while exploring the social context and importance of the conflict. The book was also awarded the Jefferson Davis Award and the Douglas Southall Freeman Award. Rable's other books include The Confederate Republic: A Revolution Against Politics (1994) and Civil Wars: Women and the Crisis of Southern Nationalism (1989). His current research focuses on the role of religion in the Civil War.