Union soldier The American Civil War

Class Schedule

Week 10 (March 31-April 6)

Tuesday, April 2

Topics of Discussion:
Northern Political Divisions
Black Americans and the Federal War Effort
Readings:
Edwin Stanton to Brigadier General Saxton (August 25, 1862)
Letter from a Black Soldier to Abraham Lincoln (September 28, 1863)
"The Negro as a Soldier," from Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Army Life in a Black Regiment
Charles Graham Halpine, "Sambo's Right to be Kilt" (1862)
Ordeal by Fire, pp. 373-388

Thursday, April 4

Topics of Discussion:
The New York Draft Riots
States' Rights, Confederate Nationalism, and Southern Discontent
Readings:
Resolution Passed by the General Assembly of Georgia Declaring the Late Act of Congress for the Suspension of the Writ of Habeas Corpus Unconstitutional (March 19, 1864)
Georgia Governor Joe Brown's Correspondence with Jefferson Davis on the Conscription Act (April 22, April 29, May 9, 1862)
Governor Zebulon Vance's Message to the General Assembly of North Carolina (May 17, 1864)
Confederate Bill To Suspend the Writ of Habeas Corpus (November 10, 1864)
Ordeal by Fire, pp. 388-398
Movie: Glory, 6PM, Wyatt 109

Food for Thought for Week 10

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