Dr. Peter A. McCord of the Department of History researched the Union blockade and blockade running during the American Civil War at the British National Archives.
The research was published by the University of Tennessee Press in the monograph, “The Union Blockade in the American Civil War: A Reassessment,” with Michael Bonner as co-author. The book was released in the fall of 2021 and earned the John Lyman Book Award for the best book in Naval History in 2021.
Dr. McCord has been researching and teaching in the Department of History since 2004, and is also serving as the director of Social Studies Adolescence Education.
