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Manuscripts: Submissions should be double spaced and not exceed 11,000 words, including notes (please use end notes to conform with the journal's style). The Journal of the Civil War Era prefers submissions written according to The Chicago Manual of Style. For style particular to the University of North Carolina Press, please see STET: A Handbook for Authors. The manuscript should contain nothing that identifies the author. Follow this link for easy instructions in removing your personal identifying information from your Microsoft Word file.
Abstract and Keywords: Please include an abstract and keywords on the first page of your manuscript. The abstract should be concise, between 4-8 sentences, around 100-150 words, and should provide a clear idea of the main arguments and conclusions of your essay. Where possible, the personal pronoun should not be used, but an impersonal voice adopted: ‘This essay discusses . . .’ rather than: ‘In this essay, I discuss . . .’ Finally, please suggest 5–10 keywords which can be used for describing the content of the essay and will enable the full text of the essay to be searchable online. They are equivalent to terms in an index in a printed work. Each keyword should appear in the abstract and should not be too generalized.