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  • The Impact of the Civil War on the SpanishAmerican War

    The Impact of the Civil War on the Spanish-American War

    Caroline Janney discussed the legacy of the Civil War and its impact on the Spanish-American War. She explained the idea of the war as a way to reconcile the differences between the North an…

    C-SPAN clip by tgrane
    • 3 minutes
    • 7,179 views
  • User Clip The Civil War  Battle of Shiloh

    User Clip: The Civil War - Battle of Shiloh

    Guest discusses the events surrounding the Battle of Shiloh.

    User-created clip by PMcGorry
    • 4 minutes
    • 5,883 views
  • The Freedmens Bureau

    The Freedmen's Bureau

    Emmanuel Dabney talked about the establishment of this organization and its responsibilities.

    C-SPAN clip by mcgorry
    • 7 minutes
    • 5,151 views
  • Siege of Vicksburg

    Siege of Vicksburg

    Siege of Vicksburg

    C-SPAN clip by CSPANCLASSROOM
    • 3 minutes
    • 4,873 views
  • Battle of Fort Donelson

    Battle of Fort Donelson

    Kendall Gott talked about the Civil War Battle of Fort Donelson. This was the first major Union victory of the war, which opened up much of Kentucky and Tennessee to Union control.

    C-SPAN clip by cmcandrew
    • 2 minutes
    • 4,166 views
  • John Browns 1859 Harpers Ferry Raid

    John Brown's 1859 Harpers Ferry Raid

    Author and Historian Dennis Frye talks about abolitionist John Brown's 1859 raid on the federal armory at Harpers Ferry.

    C-SPAN clip by tgrane
    • 8 minutes
    • 3,838 views
  • Abraham Lincoln and Presidential Powers

    Abraham Lincoln and Presidential Powers

    Timothy Huebner talked about President Lincoln's approach to presidential powers, secession and preserving the Union.

    C-SPAN clip by tgrane
    • 6 minutes
    • 3,798 views
  • How History is Formed

    How History is Formed

    Christy Coleman, CEO of the American Civil War Museum discussed how history, heritage and memory combine to create current interpretations of the past.

    C-SPAN clip by tgrane
    • 2 minutes
    • 3,485 views
  • Sharecropping and Reconstruction

    Sharecropping and Reconstruction

    Historian Edna Greene Medford discussed the system of sharecropping during Reconstruction as well as the role of freedmen in the economy after the Civil War.

    C-SPAN clip by JKoning
    • 3 minutes
    • 3,047 views
  • Gettysburg Address Background Information

    Gettysburg Address Background Information

    Gettysburg Address Background Information

    C-SPAN clip by JKoning
    • 2 minutes
    • 2,574 views
  • Battle of the Wilderness

    Battle of the Wilderness

    Peter Carmichael and Gordon Rhea talked about the tactics of generals Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant during the Battle of the Wilderness.

    C-SPAN clip by mcgorry
    • 4 minutes
    • 2,495 views
  • Ervin Jordan on the Removal of Confederate Statues

    Ervin Jordan on the Removal of Confederate Statues

    Author of Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia, Ervin Jordan discussed his personal view of the removal of Confederate statues.

    C-SPAN clip by tgrane
    • 1 minute
    • 2,175 views
  • Slavery and the Constitution in the Early 1800s

    Slavery and the Constitution in the Early 1800s

    Timothy Huebner talks about the country's views on slavery from the 1820s through the 1850s.

    C-SPAN clip by mcgorry
    • 4 minutes
    • 2,158 views
  • Contextualizing Civil War Monuments

    Contextualizing Civil War Monuments

    Historians discussed the future of Civil War monuments and how to contextualize these monuments.

    C-SPAN clip by tgrane
    • 2 minutes
    • 2,105 views
  • Significance of the 13th Amendment

    Significance of the 13th Amendment

    Timothy Huebner talked about the meaning of the 13th Amendment during Reconstruction.

    C-SPAN clip by mcgorry
    • 2 minutes
    • 2,096 views
  • Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse

    Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse

    Peter Carmichael and Gordon Rhea talked about the outcome of the Battle of the Wilderness.

    C-SPAN clip by CSPANCLASSROOM
    • 3 minutes
    • 1,991 views
  • User Clip James Robertson History of Confederate Monuments

    User Clip: James Robertson History of Confederate Monuments

    James Robertson History of Confederate Monuments

    • 1 hour
    • 1,884 views
  • User Clip Definition of the 14th amendment

    User Clip: Definition of the 14th amendment

    Talks about what is the 14th amendment and the rights given to every U.S. Citizens

    • 16 seconds
    • 1,619 views
  • Battle of the Wilderness part 2

    Battle of the Wilderness, part 2

    Peter Carmichael and Gordon Rhea talked about the outcome of the Battle of the Wilderness.

    C-SPAN clip by mcgorry
    • 2 minutes
    • 1,611 views
  • Political Cartoonist Thomas Nast

    Political Cartoonist Thomas Nast

    Fiona Deans Halloran provides an overview of the life of the artist.

    C-SPAN clip by mcgorry
    • 7 minutes
    • 1,478 views
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