Center for Civil War Research - Wiley-Silver Book Prize

Organization: Center for Civil War Research

The Center for Civil War Research announces the establishment of the Wiley-Silver Prize in Civil War History. The Center will present the prize to the best first book, thereby recognizing and encouraging new and emerging scholars in the history of the American Civil War. The prize is named for two distinguished former members of the University's History Department faculty, Bell Irvin Wiley and James W. Silver.