Professor Blight lectures on early war military history. Beginning with events in the West, Blight describes Union victories at Fort Donelson and Fort Henry, introduces Union General Ulysses S. Grant, and recounts the horrific Battle of Shiloh, fought in April 1862 . Returning to the East, the conference describes the Union. General George McClellan's abortive 1862 Peninsula campaign, which introduced the world to Confederate General Thomas/"Stonewall/" Jackson. The conference ended with Confederate General Robert E. Lee's decision to take the battle north.
00:00 – Chapter 1. The atmosphere of the Civil War and McClellan's army
09:46 – Chapter 2. The Union's Early Successes and Ulysses S. Grant's Entry into the War
20:07 – Chapter 3. The Battle of Shiloh
26:29 – Chapter 4. McClellan's aborted naval campaign of 1862 and /"Stonewall/" Jackson
33:34 – Chapter 5. The Seven Days Battle and Robert E. Lee's Northward Move
49:14 – Chapter 6. Conclusion
Complete course materials are available on the Open Yale Courses website: http://open.yale.edu/courses
This course was recorded in spring 2008.
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