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Discover the real reasons behind the Civil War and get a blow-by-blow description of what happened in each major battle with this engrossing and comprehensive course.

Syllabus

  • 01: Prelude to War
  • 02: The Election of 1860
  • 03: The Lower South Secedes
  • 04: The Crisis at Fort Sumter
  • 05: The Opposing Sides, I
  • 06: The Opposing Sides, II
  • 07: The Common Soldier
  • 08: First Manassas or Bull Run
  • 09: Contending for the Border States
  • 10: Early Union Triumphs in the West
  • 11: Shiloh and Corinth
  • 12: The Peninsula Campaign
  • 13: The Seven Days’ Battles
  • 14: The Kentucky Campaign of 1862
  • 15: Antietam
  • 16: The Background to Emancipation
  • 17: Emancipation Completed
  • 18: Filling the Ranks
  • 19: Sinews of War: Finance and Supply
  • 20: The War in the West, Winter 1862–1863
  • 21: The War in Virginia, Winter and Spring 1862–1863
  • 22: Gettysburg
  • 23: Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and Tullahoma
  • 24: A Season of Uncertainty, Summer and Fall 1863
  • 25: Grant at Chattanooga
  • 26: The Diplomatic Front
  • 27: African Americans in Wartime, I
  • 28: African Americans in Wartime, II
  • 29: Wartime Reconstruction
  • 30: The Naval War
  • 31: The River War and Confederate Commerce Raiders
  • 32: Women at War, I
  • 33: Women at War, II
  • 34: Stalemate in 1864
  • 35: Sherman versus Johnston in Georgia
  • 36: The Wilderness to Spotsylvania
  • 37: Cold Harbor to Petersburg
  • 38: The Confederate Home Front, I
  • 39: The Confederate Home Front, II
  • 40: The Northern Home Front, I
  • 41: The Northern Home Front, II
  • 42: Prisoners of War
  • 43: Mobile Bay and Atlanta
  • 44: Petersburg, the Crater, and the Valley
  • 45: The Final Campaigns
  • 46: Petersburg to Appomattox
  • 47: Closing Scenes and Reckonings
  • 48: Remembering the War
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Taught by

Gary W. Gallagher

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