Class
Sessions
August
30 Introductions
September
4 The American Context
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 1-26
•Alexis de Tocqueville, from Democracy in America:
•"Of Individualism in Democratic Countries"
•"Why the Americans are so Restless...."
6 Developing Differences
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 27-73
•William Lloyd Garrison, "The Liberator"
•Edward Pessen, "Similarities . . . North and South"
•James McPherson, "Differences . . . North and South"
11 Disputes and Compromises
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 74-85
•U.S. Grant, Causes of the Mexican War
•Abraham Lincoln, "Spot Resolutions"
•Alexander H. Stephens, "The Honor of This Country"
•John C. Calhoun, "Southern Address"
•William H. Seward, "A Higher Law"
13 Unexpected Tensions
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 85-98
•Charles Sumner, "The Crime Against Kansas"
•Albany (N.Y.) Evening Journal, 23 May 1856
•Springfield Illinois State Register, 26 May 1856
•Charleston (S.C.) Mercury, 28 May 1856
•Louisville (Ky.) Journal, 28 May 1856
•Richmond (Va.) Whig, 31 May 1856
18 The House Dividing
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 99-115
•James Henry Hammond, "Cotton is King"
20 Elections of 1860
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 116-124
•National Democratic Party Platform, 1860
•Constitutional Democratic Party Platform, 1860
•Republican Party Platform, 1860
•Constitutional Union Party Platform, 1860
•George Templeton Strong, "whether I am a Republican"
•The Presidential Election, 1860
25 Complications of the Secession Winter and Spring
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 125-167
•South Carolina, "The Immediate Causes of Secession"
•Date of Secession Compared to 1860 Black Population
•Staunton (Va.) Spectator, 13 November 1860
•Staunton (Va.) Spectator, 27 November 1860
•Alexander Stephens, "Let us, therefore, reason together"
•John Crittenden, Compromise Proposal, December 1860
•Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address
27 The Realities of Division
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 168-182
•Alexander Stephens, "Cornerstone Speech"
•Jefferson Davis, "Our Cause is Just"
•Population of the Future Confederate States, 1860
•Population of the Border Slaveholding States, 1860
•Distribution of Farms by Acreage, 1860
•Distribution of Slaveholders by Size of Holdings, 1860
•Percentage of Urban Population, 1790-1860
October
2 Early Battles
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 183-195
•Sullivan Ballou to "My very dear Sarah," 14 July 1861
4 Grant's Emergence in the West
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 196-202
9 No class meeting
11 Lee's Second Chance
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 203-216
16 In the Ranks
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 225-261
•Co. Aytch
25 Trouble on the Homefronts
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 261-295, 325-346
•Nathaniel Hawthorne, "Chiefly about War Matters"
•George B. McClellan to Abraham Lincoln, 7 July 1862
•Abraham Lincoln, Emancipation Proclamation
29 First examination due by 6:00 p.m.
30 The Lessons of Antietam and Fredericksburg
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 216-224
•Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, 3 September 1862
November
1 The Encounter at Gettysburg
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 347-357
•Chancellorsville, 2-4 May 1863
•Robert E. Lee, General Orders, No. 73
•Gettysburg, 1 July 1863
6 Gettysburg: Planned Assaults and their Implications
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 347-357
•Gettysburg, 2 July 1863
•Gettysburg, 3 July 1863
•Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, 31 July 1863
•Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
8 From Vicksburg to Chattanooga
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 357-369
•Vicksburg Campaign, March-July 1863
•Battles for Chattanooga, 24-25 November 1863
13 Grant and Lee, 1864
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 370-385
•U.S. Grant, Meeting President Lincoln
•U.S. Grant, Command of the Army of the Potomac
•U.S. Grant, Plans for the 1864 Campaign
15 The Atlanta Campaign
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 385-393
•Atlanta Campaign, May-September 1864
•Kennesaw Mountain, 27 June 1864
•W. T. Sherman, Orders to ... Atlanta
20 The Election of 1864
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 409-427
•Democratic Party Platform, 1864
•Republican Party Platform, 1864
•Thirteenth Amendment, 1865
27 The War at Home
•Mothers of Invention
29 Sherman's March
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 385-393
•Sherman's March to the Sea
•W. T. Sherman, Special Field Orders, No. 120
•W. T. Sherman to Henry W. Halleck, 24 December 1864
•W. T. Sherman, Special Field Orders, No. 15, [1865]
•Carolinas Campaign, September 1864-April 1865
December
4 Confederate Collapse
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 449-464
•Petersburg Campaign, 15 June 1864-3 April 1865
•Cleburne, et al., to Johnston, et al., 2 January 1864
•Johnston to Hardee, et al., 31 January 1864
•Robert E. Lee to Andrew Hunter, 11 January 1865
•Charleston (S.C.) Mercury, 13 January 1865
•56th Va. Reg't. to Richmond Whig, 14 February 1865
6 Concluding Complications
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 465-474
•Appomattox Campaign, March-April 1865
•Edwin M. Stanton to U.S. Grant, 3 March 1865
•U.S. Grant, Meetings with Robert E. Lee, 9-10 April 1865
•Sherman to Grant or Halleck, 18 April 1865
•W.T. Sherman, First Agreement...., 18 April 1865
•Edwin M. Stanton to U.S. Grant, 21 April 1865
11 War's Remembrance
•Civil War and Reconstruction, pp. 474-476
•Abraham Lincoln, Second Inaugural Address, 1865
•Robert E. Lee, "Farewell to Army of Northern Virginia"
•Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, 20 April 1865
14 Second examination, 2:00 p.m.
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