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Gary Gallagher is a historian of the American Civil War.
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Lee and His Generals in War and Memory (book): https://amzn.to/4fdrbD5
Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten (book): https://amzn.to/4wFxk1X
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History (book): https://amzn.to/4vsAogU
The Great Courses – The American Civil War: https://bit.ly/4gDX3mQ
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OUTLINE:
()– Introduction
()– Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
()– What caused the Civil War?
()– Slavery
()– Lincoln
()– Grant vs Lee
()– Could the Civil War have been avoided?
()– The bloodiest war in US history
()– How the Confederate Army could’ve won
()– Key battles of the Civil War
()– Best and Worst Presidents
()– Robert E. Lee
()– The most important battle of the Civil War
()– The final showdown of the Civil War – Grant vs Lee
()– Lost Cause and Confederate Monuments
()– Extreme political division in US