Name George Rable | Awards Lincoln Prize | |
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Education Louisiana State University Books Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!, Civil Wars: Women and the C, But there was no peace, The Confederate Republic, God's Almost Chosen P | ||
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George C. Rable is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Alabama. He received the Lincoln Prize in 2003 for his 2002 book Fredericksburg! Fredericksburg!
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Education
He received his bachelor of arts degree from Bluffton College in 1972. He received a Master of arts degree from Louisiana State University in 1973. He received his doctoral degree from Louisiana State University in 1978.
Career
He is a past president of the Society of Civil War Historians and 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. 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 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 and was a Choice Outstanding Academic Title.