CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION

HIST 3347-701
WED 6:30PM-9:20—116 Dallas Hall
Clive Siegle—225 Dallas Hall—214-768-2195

The American Civil War was a watershed historical event that took a nation of seemingly inexhaustible optimism and possibilities and plunged it into a conflict of unprecedented fury unmatched in this nation’s history. Few other historical epochs resonate in the American psyche with the power of the saga of the tragic and heroic “War Between the States.”  This class will explore the roots of that conflict, march with its armies, and trace the nation’s struggle to redefine itself in the war’s aftermath. 

Readings include; 1) James McPherson, Ordeal by Fire; 2) Michael Perman, The Coming of the Civil War; 3) Bell Wiley, The Life of Johnny Reb, and 4)  Elisha Hunt Rhodes, All for the Union