Mon., Oct. 25
Hospital Ward
Lecture: The Civil War as a Social Process
Wed., Oct. 27
Video: The Civil War, episode 3
Fri., Oct. 29
Video: The Civil War, episode 5
Mon., Nov. 1
Discussion: Why White Men Fought
- Gerald F. Linderman, Embattled Courage, 1-16, 61-79, 156-68, 240-65 (recommended purchase and on ERes)
- McPherson, For Cause and Comrades, vii-xi, 3-45, 62-130, 163-78
Wed., Nov. 3
Computer Lab: Race Relations during the War
Fri., Nov. 5
Video: Glory
Mon., Nov. 8
Emancipation Day Celebration
Discussion: The Dynamics of Emancipation
- Eric Foner, A Short History of Reconstruction, 1-54
- Leon F. Litwack, Been in the Storm So Long, 104-49, 163-66 (on ERes)
- James M. McPherson, "Who Freed the Slaves?" Drawn with the Sword,192-207 (on ERes)
- Fehrenbacher, ed., Abraham Lincoln, 192-97, 202-213 (recommended purchase and on ERes)
Recommended reading:
Wed., Nov. 10
Computer Lab: War's End
- HarpWeek
- The Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective in Accessible Archives
- Making of America
- American Memory (Library of Congress)
- The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies (website) and on CD-ROM network
- Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System
Fri., Nov. 12
Video: The Civil War, episode 9