96-04-23 History Professor Wins Book Award

OHIO STATE PROFESSOR'S BOOK ON CIVIL WAR WINS AWARD 

     COLUMBUS -- Mark Grimsley, an assistant professor of history 
at The Ohio State University, received an award of $10,000 
Thursday (4/18) for a book he wrote on the Civil War.

     The award was for winning second place in the annual Lincoln 
Prize competition sponsred by the Lincoln and Soliders Institute 
at Gettysburg College and recognizing excellence in Civil War 
studies.

     Grimsley received the honor in ceremonies at the New York 
Public Library for his 1995 book, "The Hard Hand of War:  Union 
Military Policy Towards Southern Civilians, 1861-1865," 
published by Cambridge University Press.  In the book, Grimsley 
examined traced the evolution of the Civil War from a limited war 
to a destructive total war that targeted southern civilian 
property.

     Grimsley, a 1977 graduate of Westerville South High School, 
received his bachelor's and doctoral degrees in history from Ohio 
State.  He also has a master's degree in war studies from Kings 
College, London.

     The second-place award marks the first time that a Lincoln 
Prize has been awarded for an author's first book.  Other 
recipients have been senior scholars.

     The winner of the Lincoln Prize was David Herbert Donald, a 
Pulitizer Prize-winning author, for his critically acclaimed 
biography, "Lincoln."
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Contact:  Mark Grimsley, (614) 292-1855.


[Submitted by: Von Reid-Vargas (ereid@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu)
               
Tue, 23 Apr 1996 14:33:09 -0400]
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