George C. Rable is an American historian and author. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama.[1] He received the Lincoln Prize in 2003 for his 2002 book Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!

Education

He received a bachelor of arts degree from Bluffton College in 1972 and a Master of Arts degree from Louisiana State University in 1973. He received his doctoral degree from Louisiana State University in 1978.[1]

Career

He is a past president of the Society of Civil War Historians. At the University of Alabama has received the Burnum Distinguished Faculty Award and the Blackmon-Moody Award.

His 2002 book Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! received the 2003 Lincoln Prize, a $50,000 award for excellence in Civil War scholarship.[2] The book includes a traditional military analysis of the Civil War while also exploring the social context of the conflict.[3][4] The book was also awarded the Jefferson Davis Award[5] and the Douglas Southall Freeman Award[6] and the Society for Military History's Distinguished Book Award in American Military History.

His book God's Almost Chosen Peoples: A Religious History of the American Civil War (2010) won the Jefferson Davis Award[5] and was a Choice Outstanding Academic Title.[1]

Publications

References

  1. ^ a b c "George C. Rable".
  2. ^ "Professor Emeritus George Rable Featured in Documentary".
  3. ^ "Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg! - George C. Rable - University of North Carolina".
  4. ^ "Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize - The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History". 31 October 2011.
  5. ^ a b "Awards and Recognition - American Civil War Museum". Archived from the original on 2016-10-14. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  6. ^ "Douglas Southall Freeman History Award". 17 November 2010.


Categories