Examines the pivotal role New York State played in the Civil War.

Robert Weible is New York State Historian and Chief Curator at the New York State Museum. Jennifer A. Lemak is Senior Historian at the New York State Museum and the author of Southern Life, Northern City: The History of Albany's Rapp Road Community, also published by SUNY Press. Aaron Noble is Associate Museum Exhibition Planner at the New York State Museum.