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Author:

Gallagher, Gary W.

Title:

The American Civil War : Part 1 / Gary W. Gallagher.

Publisher:

Teaching Co.

Copyright Date:

2000

Description:

2 videodiscs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (19 cm.)

Subject:

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Other Authors:

Teaching Company.

Notes:

The Course guidebook contains an outline of each of the 48 lectures; each lecture is 30 minutes. "Course no. 885.". Includes bibliographical references (Course guidebook, p. 226-241). Lecturer: Professor Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia.

Contents:

lecture 1. Prelude to war -- lecture 2. The election of 1860 -- lecture 3. The lower South secedes -- lecture 4. The crisis at Fort Sumter -- lecture 5. The opposing sides, I -- lecture 6. The opposing sides, II -- lecture 7. The common soldier -- lecture 8. First Manassas or Bull Run -- lecture 9. Contending for the border states -- lecture 10. Early Union triumphs in the west -- lecture 11. Shiloh and Corinth -- lecture 12. The Peninsula Campaign.

Summary:

Examines the causes of the American Civil War, why the North won, how military campaigns unfolded, and how the war affected various elements of American society.

Series:

Great courses. Modern history
Great courses (DVD) Modern history

ISBN:

1565855876
9781565855878

Locations:

SHPC094 -- Denver Public Library (Denver)