Class Schedule
Week 11 (April 7-13)
Tuesday, April 9
Topics of Discussion:
The Economic Consequences
of the Civil War for the North
The Origins of Reconstruction
(Student-led Discussion)
Readings:
Abraham
Lincoln's Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (December 8, 1863)
Wade-Davis Bill (July
8, 1864)
Abraham Lincoln's Response
to the Wade-Davis Bill (July 8, 1864)
Abraham
Lincoln's Reconstruction Speech (April 11, 1865)
American
Freedmen's Inquiry Commission Report (June 30, 1863)
Ordeal by Fire,
pp. 399-416, 425-442
Thursday, April 11
Topics of Discussion:
1864: The Killing Time
Was the Civil War a
Total War?
Readings:
Ulysses
S. Grant's Plan for the Spring Offensive of 1864
Mark Neely, "Was
the Civil War a Total War?"
James M. McPherson,
"From Limited to Total War in America"
William
T. Sherman's Letter to the Mayor and City Council of Atlanta (September 12,
1864)
Exchange of Letters
between William T. Sherman and John Bell Hood (September 7, 1864-September 14,
1862)
Sherman's Orders for
the March through Georgia (November 9, 1864)
Ordeal by Fire,
pp. 443-470
Food
for Thought for Week 11
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by Hugh Dubrulle, 2002
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