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The American Civil War
Course no. 885 | 48 lectures (30 minutes/lecture)

Explore Our Nation’s


Most Dramatic Conflict


Between 1861 and 1865, the epic clash between the Union and the
Confederacy turned places such as Gettysburg, Antietam, and Bull Run into
names that will endure forever. InThe American Civil War, leading Civil War
historian and professor Gary W. Gallagher richly details the war’s effect on our
nation’s past.


Professor Gallagher’s recounting of these great battles is compelling. He brings
complex patterns of events into focus, reveals the influential role of leaders such
as Abraham Lincoln and Robert E. Lee, and quotes memorably from a wealth
of first-hand accounts. By the end of these fascinating 48 lectures, you’ll have a
clear grasp of the Civil War’s front lines and home fronts.


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The American Civil War


Taught by Professor Gary W. Gallagher
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA
LECTURE TITLES


  1. Prelude to War

  2. The Election of 1860

  3. The Lower South Secedes

  4. The Crisis at Fort Sumter

  5. The Opposing Sides, I

  6. The Opposing Sides, II

  7. The Common Soldier

  8. First Manassas or Bull Run

  9. 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 1862–63

  21. The War in Virginia, Winter and Spring 1862–63

  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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