UDPL Adult Discovery & Learning

NO CLASS FRI 4/3

This engaging class explores pivotal moments of the Civil War during the critical years of 1862–1863. Topics include Grant’s campaign at Chattanooga, the war’s diplomatic challenges, the growing role of African Americans in the Union Army, Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, and the often-overlooked naval war.

Presenter: James Brown was born in central Pennsylvania and is a West Point grad with a Masters in American History from the University of Pennsylvania. He had 2 great grandfathers who fought in the Civil War and has traced their battle journeys and visited battlefields where they fought.