The US Civil War
Cost: $125/month for 9 months, due at the first of each month (Aug. 1st through April 1st) plus a one time $25 supply fee; 10% off for semester or full year advance payment. Payments can be made online at https://derekowens.com/paynow1.php Course Description: Briefly, this year-long course covers the history of the U.S. Civil War from the earliest origins of slavery in 17th Century Colonial America to the preservation of the Union in 1865. Some notable quotes from the U.S. Civil War period: “Let us have faith that right makes might and in that faith let us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it,” Abraham Lincoln “Save in defense of my native state I never desire again to draw my sword,” R.E. Lee “I shall take no backward steps,” U.S. Grant “One-eighth of the whole population were colored slaves…these slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war,” Abraham Lincoln This U.S. Civil War course focuses on America’s “Formative Years,” including Discovery & the Early Colonial Period Through 1676; the Birth of the United States of America, the War for American Independence & the Change from Confederation to Republic, 1676-1824; and America as A House Divided, Sectionalism, the Civil War, & the Preservation of the Union, 1824-1865. The principal battles of the Civil War will be studied in detail. A special feature of this course is the use of primary source documents, as well as other scholarly writings, in lieu of a textbook. A few examples of the primary sources & authors we will examine: The Holy Bible; Christopher Columbus, Writings; On the Value of Colonies to England, Richard Hakluyt; First Virginia Charter; The Slave Trade, Hugh Thomas; The Mayflower Compact, William Bradford; A Model of Christian Charity, John Winthrop; the Great Awakening; Charles Wesley, Hymns; John Wesley; Writings, George Washington; The Theory of Moral Sentiment and The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith; Albany Plan of Union, Benjamin Franklin; John Adams, Sam Adams; Patrick Henry; On Being Brought From Africa To America, Letter to George Washington & His Reply, His Excellency General Washington, Phillis Wheatley; The Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson; The Articles of Confederation; The Constitution Of The United States, James Madison; Eli Whitney; A Christian Indictment of Slavery; The Liberator, W. L. Garrison; Andrew Jackson; Lyman Beecher; Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe; Charles Grandison Finney; Amazing Grace, John Newton; Alexis de Tocqueville; Henry W. Longfellow; The Life Of Lincoln, W. Herndon & J.W.Weik; Lincoln’s Religion, W. Wolf; Selected Speeches, Abraham Lincoln; The Battle Hymn of the Republic, Julia Ward Howe; Walt Whitman; The Encyclopedia of Military History, Dupuy and Dupuy; The Perfect Tribute, Mary R.S. Andrews; Lee’s Lieutenants, D.S. Freeman; War Memoirs, U.S. Grant, Selected Letters, Robert E. Lee; Marching Through Georgia, William T. Sherman. |
