LDST 345

Catalog description

A study of the events leading to the Civil War, and the military and political leadership on both Union and Confederate sides during the war. Topics include the roles of slavery and political leadership in starting the war, the leadership of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis during the war, and that of Generals Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, George B. McClellan, and William T. Sherman in shaping the outcome of the war. Primary focus historical.