Easter Break.
No Class Meeting Today
War Motives and the Contest for the
Border.
Read the Supreme Court decision in the case of Ex Parte
Merryman. Read Abraham Lincoln's brief response to the court in
his War Message to Congress, 4 July 1861, paragraph 17.
Read these brief biographies of William G. "Parson" Brownlow, Winfield Scott, John J. Crittenden, Fernando Wood, and Thaddeus Stevens.
Read the editorial from the Rochester, N.Y., Daily Union and
Advertiser (Douglas Democratic), "Why we must Fight and Why We Must Conquer the South,"
(May 1861).
Manassas and Wilson's Creek: the
Logistics, Expectations, and Surprises of War. Read Burton, Age of
Lincoln, pp. 135-155.
View the Manassas battlefield region map from the U.S. Military Academy. Read the editorial responses to
Manassas from the New
Orleans Picayune, the New Orleans Crescent and the Charleston
Courier. Read the brief National Park Service history of the Battle of
Wilson's Creek and read the text descriptions of their Battlefield
Tour. Read the martial law and emancipation proclamation of Union
General John C. Fremont (pp. 466-467), and Lincoln's response (pp. 469-70) in the Official
Records of the War of the Rebellion, vol. III.
Autumn Regroupings and he Trent
Affair.
Read the Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority's description of the Battle of
Ball's Bluff, 21 October 1861. Read the brief Wikipedia description of
the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. Read the U.S.
State Department's summary account of the
Trent Affair. on its diplomatic history timeline website.
The take-home portion of the first in-class exam will be distributed in class today.
First In-Class Exam.
This exam will cover all material discussed in class to this point, inclusive
of Thursday's session. Your take-home essay will be your "admission ticket."
The in-class portion, will include short-answer "fill-in-the-blank" questions
and a one-paragraph essay.
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