Congratulations to Neil Chatelain, winner of the 2024
A.M. Pate Award for the "best book providing original research on the Trans-Mississippi sector of the Civil War." His
Treasure and Empire in the Civil War: The Panama Route, the West and the Campaigns to Control America's Mineral Wealth (McFarland, 2024) is well worthy of the recognition.
Named in honor of the late A.M. Pate, Jr., a Fort Worth businessman, museum founder, and philanthropist, the award is handed out yearly by the fine folks of the Fort Worth Civil War Roundtable (of which Pate was a founding member). Go
here for the award press release.
As you might guess after reading the linked review in the first paragraph above, I also hold Chatelain's book in high regard. It will very likely make my own Top Ten list for last year, which should be posted on the site sometime this month.
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