Lecture 20 - Wartime Reconstruction: Imagining the Aftermath and a Second American Republic

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

This lecture begins with a central, if often overlooked, turning point in the Civil War--the re-election of Abraham Lincoln in 1864. Although the concerted efforts of northern Peace Democrats and a palpable war weariness...View more