Jonathan W. White is associate professor of American Studies at Christopher Newport University. He is author of several books and almost one hundred articles, essays and reviews about the Civil War. His earlier book, Emancipation, the Union Army, and the Reelection of Abraham Lincoln, was named a best book of 2014 by Civil War Monitor, was a finalist for both the Lincoln Prize and the Jefferson Davis Prize, and won the Abraham Lincoln Institute's 2015 book prize. His newest book is Midnight in America: Darkness, Sleep, and Dreams during the Civil War.