Seminar List
Course Information
1. Introduction
11.
The Emergence of “Hard War”, 1863-1865
2.
Slavery and the Antebellum South
12.
Race, Racism and the Black Experience
3.
The Revolution in Northern Politics, 1854-1858
13.
The Union Homefront
4.
Sectional Crisis and the Election of Lincoln, 1857-1860
14.
Wartime Reconstruction
5.
Southern Secession
15.
The 1864 Election
6.
Lincoln, the Border States, and the Failure of Compromise
16.
The Confederate Homefront
7.
Military and Diplomatic Strategies, 1861-1862
17.
Victory and Defeat
8.
Citizen Soldiers
18.
Religion, Nationalism and Moral Purpose
9.
Lincoln and Emancipation
19.
Legacies
10. Overview: The Descent to War, 1820-1863
20. Conclusion