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History Department

Mary A. DeCredico

Professor

History of the U.S. South, American Civil War

  •  Phone: (410) 293-6252
  •  E-mail: decredic@usna.edu
  •   The United States Naval Academy
        572 Holloway Road
        Annapolis, MD 21402

Education


  • Ph.D. - Vanderbilt University
  • M.A. - Vanderbilt University
  • B.A. - Bucknell University

Recent Publications


"The War at Home: The Confederacy," in Lucy K. Ford, ed., Blackwell Companions to American History: The Civil War and Reconstruction, Blackwell Publishers, 2005.

"Sectionalism and the Secession Crisis," in John B. Boles, ed., Blackwell Companions to American History: A Companion to the American South, Blackwell Publishers, 2002.

Mary Boykin Chesnut: A Confederate Women's Life, Rowman-Littlefield Publishers, 2nd printing, 2002.

Monographs


"Richmond Goes to War, 1861-1865," manuscript in progress under contract to University Press of Kentucky

Patriotism for Profit: Georgia's Urban Entrepreneurs and the Confederate War Effort (University of North Carolina Press, 1990).

Professional Affiliations


Advisory Council, National Civil War Museum

Member, National Sesquicentennial Civil War Commission

Editorial Board, Georgia Historical Quarterly 

Honors and Awards


U.S. Navy Superior Civilian Service Award, 2000, 2005

U.S. Navy Meritorious Civilian Service Award, 1996, 2001

Jefferson Davis Award, Museum of the Confederacy, Outstanding Monograph in Confederate History, Patriotism for Profit: Georgia's Urban Entrepreneurs and the Confederate War Effort, 1990.

Current Research


Confederate Richmond

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