Confederates in the Attic: Dispatches from the Unfinished Civil War, Tony Horwitz.  1998.  Vintage. ISBN: 978-0-679-75833-4.

A Short History of Reconstruction 1863-1877, updated edition.  Eric Foner.  2015.  Harper Perennial Modern Classics Edition.  ISBN 13: 978-0-06-237086-0 

3 hrs. A study of the forces and events that transformed nineteenth-century America in the period between 1840 and 1870. The course examines the conduct and impact of the war and its political, economic, and social aftermath.

• To give the student an understanding of the basic tactics and strategy of the war
• To introduce the student to the dominant personalities in the war
• To introduce the student to the basic issues involved in the conflict and how those issues changed or remained constant
• To give the student an understanding of the war's geography and how it played a major part in political and military action