George Wunderlich, director of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, discusses the life-saving lessons learned during four years of bloody conflict between North and South.

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This week on The Civil War, a talk by A. Wilson Greene on the West Virginia campaigns in the summer and fall of 1861.  Greene is the executive director of Pamplin Historical Park, and the National Museum of the Civil War Soldier in Petersburg, Virginia.  He gave this talk in June to conference attendees at the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College.

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This week on The Civil War, a talk by Wayne Hsieh on the army doctrine employed by  top generals in the Union and Confederate armies, and how it impacted the course of the war.  Hsieh is an assistant professor of history at the U.S. Naval Academy.  He gave this talk in June at the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College.

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Each week, American History TV marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. This week, authors and historians discuss the Battle of Ball’s Bluff in Leesburg, Virginia, which occurred six months into the war. To this day, the battle – fought on October 21st, 1861 – is the only military action in which a sitting United States senator was killed. Colonel Edward Dickinson Baker, who represented Oregon, died while commanding a Union brigade of General Charles Stone’s division.

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Old Dominion University professor Timothy Orr teaches a course on the Civil War and Reconstruction. In this lecture, he discusses how Union and Confederate forces handled prisoners of war, and takes a look conditions inside some Civil War prison camps. Old Dominion University is located in Norfolk, Virginia.

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The Battle of Wilson’s Creek in southwestern Missouri on August 10, 1861, is considered by many historians to be the second battle of the Civil War – taking place about three weeks after the better-know Battle of Bull Run back east in Virginia. Missouri State University History Professor William Piston talked about that battle and the events that led up to it at an event hosted by the Missouri History Museum in St. Louis.

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Lincoln and Civil War scholars discuss why the Civil War didn’t end in 1861, the year that it began. They talked at the Lincoln Forum Symposium in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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This is the story of the first African American major league baseball player in the modern era, Jackie Robinson. Raymond Doswell of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum focuses on Robinson’s athletic career, his ability to steal bases and home plate, and the racism and obstacles he faced. Over the course of his ten-season Major League career between 1947 & 1956, Robinson played in six World Series and was selected for six All-Star games. His achievements are widely viewed as an important contribution to the Civil Rights Movement. This event was hosted by the National Archives at Kansas City in Missouri.

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New York University professor Michael Gomez teaches a class on the transatlantic slave trade from the 16th century into 19th century. Professor Gomez discusses the countries involved and the methods used in the procurement of slaves, such as raiding and kidnapping. He also discusses the complex history of Africans dealing in the slave trade to pay debts and to punish neighboring factions.

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Author James Robertson discusses the life, death and legacy of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. He talks about General Jackson’s childhood, his education at West Point, and his military career. Mr. Robertson also looks at the Battle of Chancellorsville, where General Jackson was mortally wounded on May 2, 1863, in a “friendly fire” incident. He died of medical complications eight-days later. The Hanover Tavern in Virginia and the Museum of the Confederacy co-hosted this event. 

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