The American Civil War
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- עונה 1 פרק 1 – Prelude to War16 באוגוסט 202332 דקותThis introductory episode explains the sectional controversies and clashes that set the stage for secession and war.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 2 – The Election of 186016 באוגוסט 202330 דקותThe presidential canvass of 1860 was the most important in US history. It resulted in Abraham Lincoln's election as the first Republican to occupy the White House and brought sectional tensions to a head.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 3 – The Lower South Secedes16 באוגוסט 202330 דקותBeginning with South Carolina in December 1860, all of the Lower South states seceded by the first week of February 1861. They sent delegates to a convention in Montgomery, Alabama, that established the Confederate States of America.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 4 – The Crisis at Fort Sumter16 באוגוסט 202330 דקותFrom February through April 1861, the United States and the Confederacy eyed each other warily and vied for the support of eight slave states that remained in the Union. As various compromise proposals fell short, United States-held Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor came to be a flash point.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 5 – The Opposing Sides, I16 באוגוסט 202331 דקותWas the South fated to lose, as many people think? If the Confederate States of America could have won, when did it come closest to doing so? As fighting began, each side had important advantages. Take a close look at these.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 6 – The Opposing Sides, II16 באוגוסט 202331 דקותDid the Confederacy have better generals? Which side had the edge in strategic and political leadership? What were the attitudes of England and France toward the conflict? Which side marshaled its resources and exploited its advantages more effectively?ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 7 – The Common Soldier16 באוגוסט 202331 דקותWhy did young men join the colors of the North or the South? What made them bear the war's awful dangers and hardships? What was it like to be a soldier in the ranks?ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 8 – First Manassas or Bull Run16 באוגוסט 202331 דקותFollowing the Upper South's secession and the move of the Confederate capital to Richmond, Virginia, both sides geared up for war. Learn the details of General Winfield Scott's brilliant "Anaconda Plan" and the factors that led to the Battle of First Manassas or Bull Run (July 21, 1861), the first big clash of the war.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 9 – Contending for the Border States16 באוגוסט 202330 דקותThe loyalty of slaveholding states Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and Delaware was an object of intense competition in the summer and autumn of 1861. What, in the end, kept those states in the Union?ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 10 – Early Union Triumphs in the West16 באוגוסט 202330 דקותMost people looked to Virginia to be the critical military arena, but many leaders on both sides believed the war would be decided in the vast area between the Appalachians and the Mississippi River.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 11 – Shiloh and Corinth16 באוגוסט 202330 דקותEarly 1862 saw breathtaking Union successes in the West. Ulysses S. Grant took Forts Henry and Donelson and moved south down the Tennessee River, while Don Carlos Buell marched from Nashville. Aiming to crush Grant before Buell arrived, A. S. Johnston struck the unwary Federals near Shiloh Church on April 6, 1862.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 12 – The Peninsula Campaign16 באוגוסט 202331 דקותNine months of relative quiet following First Manassas ended when George B. McClellan started a slow Union drive up the Virginia Peninsula toward Richmond in April. By the end of May 1862, Union forces menaced Richmond from two directions and Confederate prospects looked bleak.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 13 – The Seven Days' Battles16 באוגוסט 202331 דקותAs Stonewall Jackson marched and fought in the Shenandoah Valley, Joseph E. Johnston attacked McClellan at Seven Pines or Fair Oaks. When Johnston was wounded, Robert E. Lee took command. In the Seven Days' Battles, he seized the initiative and pressed the Federals south to the James. Lee had saved Richmond and offset Union success in the West.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 14 – The Kentucky Campaign of 186216 באוגוסט 202330 דקותThe Confederacy faced a difficult strategic situation in July 1862. Jefferson Davis and his generals responded by sending armies into Kentucky and Maryland in the most impressive Confederate strategic offensive of the war. Operations in Kentucky between August and October 1862 culminated in a confused battle at Perryville.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 15 – Antietam16 באוגוסט 202331 דקותAfter besting John Pope at Second Manassas in late August, Lee marched north into Maryland. Lincoln reluctantly returned command to McClellan, whose pursuit of Lee culminated at Antietam on September 17, the bloodiest day in American history. What happened on that battlefield? What did it mean?ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 16 – The Background to Emancipation16 באוגוסט 202330 דקותDespite slavery's role in causing the conflict, for at least the first year it remained in the background. As long as restoring the Union remained the sole war aim, there was remarkable unity among Northerners. But what type of Union were they fighting for?ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 17 – Emancipation Completed16 באוגוסט 202330 דקותLincoln came to see emancipation as necessary to victory. But he understood that he lacked the authority to end slavery in loyal areas, and his famous proclamation deliberately casts emancipation as a war measure. What did most Northerners think of it?ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 18 – Filling the Ranks16 באוגוסט 202330 דקותHow many men served during the war? How were they recruited? How good were the United States and the CSA at putting their military-age men under arms?ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 19 – Sinews of War—Finance and Supply16 באוגוסט 202330 דקותWar spending went on at an unprecedented scale. Both sides sold bonds, levied taxes, and printed paper money. Despite its weak economy, the Confederacy never lost a battle because its armies ran out of ordnance.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 20 – The War in the West, Winter 1862–6316 באוגוסט 202330 דקותWhile McClellan sat north of the Potomac, Buell slowly followed Bragg's retreat into Tennessee. Lincoln, eager for good war news, named Ambrose E. Burnside to take over the Army of the Potomac and William S. Rosecrans to tackle Bragg. In December, Rosecrans moved, and Grant began his long campaign against Vicksburg.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 21 – The War in Virginia, Winter and Spring 1862–6316 באוגוסט 202330 דקותIn Virginia, the Union army suffered two setbacks along the Rappahannock. Lee threw back Burnside's costly frontal assaults at Fredericksburg on December 13. The talented, ambitious Joseph Hooker soon took command. He planned a brilliant offensive that began well at the end of April 1863, but Lee and Jackson had other plans.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 22 – Gettysburg16 באוגוסט 202331 דקותGettysburg is often described as the turning point of the war. It took place against a background of uncertainty and unrest in the North and was the result of a major strategic debate in the South. Why did Lee go north? Was his strategic thinking sound? What swung the three-day battle's outcome? How did people on either side view Gettysburg?ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 23 – Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and Tullahoma16 באוגוסט 202330 דקותIn mid-April, Grant boldly ordered the Navy to run past Vicksburg's guns, ferried his troops across the south of the city, marched inland to seize Jackson, Mississippi, and then besieged Vicksburg. With skillful marching, Rosecrans pinned Bragg in Chattanooga.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 24 – A Season of Uncertainty, Summer and Fall 186316 באוגוסט 202331 דקותAlthough the Union seemed poised for knockout blows both east and west, Meade would not force a full-blown battle, and Grant found himself without a major goal after Vicksburg. Rosecrans ably maneuvered Bragg out of Chattanooga and into north Georgia in early September. Reinforced, Bragg struck back at Chickamauga (September 19-20), the CSA's only major tactical victory in the West.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
- עונה 1 פרק 25 – Grant at Chattanooga16 באוגוסט 202330 דקותWith all eyes on Chattanooga, both armies experienced command problems. Grant, named overall Union commander in the West in mid-October, took charge personally. Bragg, meanwhile, conducted an increasingly ineffective siege.ניסיון בחינם של The Great Courses Signature Collection או לקנייה
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