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Stephen V. Ash

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Field Specialties

U. S. Civil War and Reconstruction; Southern History; Tennessee History

Most of Professor Ash’s research has dealt with the American Civil War and Reconstruction. His most recent book tells the story of a little-known military expedition involving black Union troops that invaded Florida in 1863 to free the slaves.

The courses that Professor Ash teaches include the American History survey, undergraduate courses on Civil War/Reconstruction and Tennessee History, and graduate reading and research seminars on Civil War/Reconstruction.

Education

Ph.D., University of Tennessee, Knoxville, 1983

Selected Publications

  • Firebrand of Liberty: The Story of Two Black Regiments That Changed the Course of the Civil War (W. W. Norton, 2008)

  • A Year in the South: 1865: The True Story of Four Ordinary People Who Lived Through the Most Tumultuous Twelve Months in American History (HarperCollins, 2004)

  • [with Paul H. Bergeron and Jeanette Keith], Tennesseans and Their History (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1999)

  • Secessionists and Other Scoundrels: Selections from Parson Brownlow's Book (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1999)

  • When the Yankees Came: Conflict and Chaos in the Occupied South, 1861-1865 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995; paperback edition, 1999)

  • Middle Tennessee Society Transformed, 1860-1870: War and Peace in the Upper South (Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1988)

Selected Honors and Awards

  • University of Tennessee College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professorship in Humanities for 2008-2013
  • University of Tennessee College of Arts and Sciences Lindsay Young Professorship for 2002-2007
  • UT Alexander Prize for Distinguished Research and Teaching, 2005
  • UT Chancellor’s Award for Research and Creative Achievement, 2004
  • University of Tennessee National Alumni Association Outstanding Teacher Award, 1999
Stephen V. Ash

Contact Information

Stephen V. Ash
Professor of History
915 Volunteer Boulevard
6th Floor, Dunford Hall
Knoxville, TN 37996-4065

Office: (865) 974-5421
Fax: (865) 974-3915
E-mail: sash@utk.edu