- Our Present Past: A Cultural History of the American Civil War (2006)
- War and Remembrance (2009)
- After the Fight: The Legacy of the American Civil War (2011)
- The Confederacy in American Memory: The Long Embrace (2014)
- The Battle of Midway: The Turning Point in the Pacific (2015)
- War Stories (2017)
- Beyond the Frontier: The American West in the Global Arena (2018)
- Confederate History: A Sourcebook (2020)
Essays and articles
- "The American Civil War: A Cultural History" (2006)
- "War and Remembrance: The American Civil War in Memory and History" (2009)
- "After the Fight: The Legacy of the American Civil War" (2011)
- "The Confederacy in American Memory: The Long Embrace" (2014)
- "The Battle of Midway: The Turning Point in the Pacific" (2015)
- "War Stories" (2017)
- "Beyond the Frontier: The American West in the Global Arena" (2018)
Other works
- Co-editor, The Cambridge History of the United States (2010)
- Co-editor, The Oxford Handbook of the American Civil War (2011)
- Editor, The Civil War in America (2012)