Congratulations to Frances Clarke (University of Sydney) and Rebecca Jo Plant (University of California), recipients of the 2024 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize

Congratulations to Frances Clarke (University of Sydney) and Rebecca Jo Plant (University of California), recipients of the 2024 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize for the finest scholarly work in English on Abraham Lincoln, the American Civil War soldier, or the American Civil War era. Frances and Rebecca won the prize for their co-authored book Of Age: Boy Soldiers and Military Power in the Civil War Era (Oxford University Press). The President of the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, James G. Basker, described the book as ‘a compelling and moving read, full of the stories of children, some as young as eleven or twelve, serving in the Civil War, and the struggles of parents to reclaim or liberate their underage sons from armies into which they had enlisted’. Congratulations to Frances and Rebecca!

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