Lecture 12 - "And the War Came," 1861: The Sumter Crisis, Comparative Strategies

HIST 119: The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 by Open Yale Courses - David Blight

After finishing with his survey of the manner in which historians have explained the coming of the Civil War, Professor Blight focuses on Fort Sumter. After months of political maneuvering, the Civil War began when Confe...View more