Agenda
Monday, June 9
10:00 - 12:00 - Session with Professor Peter Maslowski : The Civil War
1:00 - 3:00 - Box lunch and session on Civil War weaponry at Maslowski residence
3:00 - Check in at hotel
Dinner on your own
Tuesday. June 10
8:30 - Breakfast
9:00 - 10:30 - Session with P. Maslowski: Preview of Civil War battle sites
10:30 - 12:00 - Check out of hotel and drive to airport
1:30 - Depart Lincoln
6:54 - Arrive Harrisburg
Meet tour coach; travel to Gettysburg (approximately 40 miles)
Check in at motel
Wednesday, June 11
7:25 - 18:00 Tour of The Maryland Campaign of 1862: The Battles of South Mountain and Antietam (including Harper’s Ferry, the South Mountain battle sites of Crampton’s Gap, Fox’s Gap, and Turner’s Gap and the Antietam battlefield) with guide Colonel Tom Vossler (US Army, Retired)
Thursday, June 12
7:45 - 17:30 Tour of The Gettysburg Campaign of 1863 (including detailed study of the three-day battle) with guide Colonel Tom Vossler (US Army, Retired)
Friday, June 13
Travel by coach to Harrisburg Airport
12:05 - Depart Harrisburg
4:42 - Arrive Lincoln
Weekend at home
Monday, June 16 - Friday, June 20
Daily sessions from 10:00 - 12:00 and 1:00 - 2:00 in 270 Mabel Lee Hall with professor Kenneth Winkle (no afternoon session on Friday, June 20)
Topics & Readings
Introduction: Historiographical Overview
Perman, Emancipation and Reconstruction, Bibliographical Essay
Emancipation
Perman, Emancipation and Reconstruction, Chap. 1
Berlin, Slaves No More, Chap. 1
Foner, A Short History of Reconstruction, Chap. 3
Reconstruction Proposals, Policies, and Programs
Perman, Emancipation and Reconstruction, Chap. 2
Foner, A Short History of Reconstruction, Chap. 4,5, and 6
Reconstruction in the South
Foner, A Short History of Reconstruction, Chap. 7, 8, and 9
Berlin, Slaves No More, Chap. 2
McPherson, Ordeal by Fire, Chap. 31
“Redemption” and Reunion
Perman, Emancipation and Reconstruction, Chap. 3
Foner, A Short History of Reconstruction, Chap. 10 and 11
McPherson, Ordeal by Fire, Chap. 32
Legacies
Foner, A Short History of Reconstruction, Chap. 11
McPherson, Ordeal by Fire, Chap. 33
Summation: The Reconstruction Presidents
Simpson, The Reconstruction Presidents
Bibliography
Berlin, Ira and Steven J. Miller, Barbara J. Fields, Joseph P. Reidy, Leslie S. Rowland. (1992). Slaves No More: Three Essays on Emancipation and the Civil War. Cambridge University Press.
Foner, Eric. (1989). A Short History of Reconstruction. Harper & Row.
Foote, Shelby. (1958/1986). The Civil War: A Narrative. v. 1 Fort Sumter to Perryville; v. 2 Fredericksburg to Meridian; v. 3 Red River to Appomattox. Random House.
Grimsley, Mark and Brooke D. Simpson. (1999). Gettysburg: A Battlefield Guide. University of Nebraska Press.
McPherson, James M. (1991). Abraham Lincoln and the Second American Revolution. Oxford University Press.
McPherson, James. M. (2000). Ordeal by Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction. 3d ed. McGraw-Hill.
Perman, Michael. (2003). Emancipation and Reconstruction, 1862-1879. Harlan Davidson.
Shaara, Michael and Don Pitcher. (1975). The Killer Angels. Random House.
Simpson, Brooks D. (1998). The Reconstruction Presidents. University Press of Kansas.