HIST 244 - The Military Leadership of the Civil War: Four Case Studies

FDR: HU
Credits: 4
Planned Offering: Spring 2011 and alternate years

Prerequisite: Instructor consent required. Most appropriate for students who have completed HIST 245. 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: Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. Extensive reading and writing. Battlefield tours.Merchant.