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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- Prelude to War
- The Election of 1860
- The Lower South Secedes
- The Crisis at Fort Sumter
- The Opposing Sides, I
- The Opposing Sides, II
- The Common Soldier
- First Manassas or Bull Run
- Contending for the Border States
- Early Union Triumphs in the West
- Shiloh and Corinth
- The Peninsula Campaign
- The Seven Days’ Battles
- The Kentucky Campaign of 1862
- Antietam
- The Background to Emancipation
- Emancipation Completed
- Filling the Ranks
- Sinews of War—Finance and Supply
- The War in the West, Winter 1862–63
- The War in Virginia, Winter and Spring 1862–63
- Gettysburg
- Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and Tullahoma
- A Season of Uncertainty, Summer and Fall 1863
- Grant at Chattanooga
- The Diplomatic Front
- African Americans in Wartime, I
- African Americans in Wartime, II
- Wartime Reconstruction
- The Naval War
- The River War and Confederate Commerce Raiders
- Women at War, I
- Women at War, II
- Stalemate in 1864
- Sherman versus Johnston in Georgia
- The Wilderness to Spotsylvania
- Cold Harbor to Petersburg
- The Confederate Home Front, I
- The Confederate Home Front, II
- The Northern Home Front, I
- The Northern Home Front, II
- Prisoners of War
- Mobile Bay and Atlanta
- Petersburg, the Crater, and the Valley
- The Final Campaigns
- Petersburg to Appomattox
- Closing Scenes and Reckonings
- Remembering the War
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