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Secondary Resources

The War Between the States

I.  Slavery:  Covers the beginnings of slavery, plantation life, Nat Turner, the Underground Railroad, and northern/southern demographics.

 

 

II. 1820-1850:  Begins with the Missouri Compromise and extends through the Mexican War, Compromise of 1850, and Uncle Tom’s Cabin.

 

 

 

III. 1850-1860:  Covers bleeding Kansas, the Dred Scott decision, the vast change in the political landscape (including the birth of the Republican Party), and John Brown’s raid of Harper’s Ferry. 

 

 

 

IV.  1860- April 1861:  Election of 1860, Secession, and Ft. Sumter.

 

 

 

V.  Military Tactics & Strategy: 

 

 

 

VI.  July 1861- March 1862:  Covers 1^st Manassas, Forts Henry & Donelson, Shiloh, Peninsula Campaign, Shenandoah Valley, Seven Days, New Orleans, and Hampton Roads.

 

 

VII.  August 1862- May 1863:  Covers 2^nd Manassas, Antietam, the Emancipation Proclamation, Fredericksburg, Stones River, and Chancellorsville. 

 

 

 

VIII.  July 1863-1864:  Covers Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and Knoxville.

 

 

 

IX.  1864-1865:  Covers The Hunley, Virginia Campaign, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Atlanta, Sherman’s march to the sea, Petersburg, Battle of the Crater, Five Forks, Fall of Richmond, Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Courthouse, and the assassination of Abraham Lincoln