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Explore the expanding role of Ulysses S. Grant in the war effort, the growing importance of diplomacy, and the increasing participation of African Americans in the conflict. We’ll also examine the early stages of Reconstruction and developments in the naval war.

Instructor: Jim Brown. born in central Pennsylvania, a West Point grad who has a MS in Electrical Engineering from Cal Tech and a MA in American History from the University of Penn. He had 2 great grandfathers who fought in and survived the Civil War and is tracing their battle journeys in documents and visits to battlefields where they fought.