HIST 244 - The Art of Command during the American Civil War

FDR: HU
Planned Offering: Spring 2017 and alternate years
Credits: 4

Prerequisite: Instructor consent required. Most appropriate for students who have completed HIST 245 or HIST 269. Additional course fee required, for which the student is responsible after Friday of the 7th week of winter term. This seminar examines the role of military decision-making, the factors that shape it and determine its successes and failures, by focusing on four Civil War battles: Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Wilderness. Extensive reading and writing. Battlefield tours. Myers.