#499 – Gary Gallagher: American Civil War, Slavery, Lincoln, Grant & Lee

Gary Gallagher is a historian of the American Civil War.

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EPISODE LINKS:

Gary’s UVA page: history.virginia.edu/people/gary-w-gallagher

Gary’s Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_W._Gallagher

The Confederate War (book): amzn.to/4yletel

The Union War (book): amzn.to/3QT1jED

Lee and His Generals in War and Memory (book): amzn.to/4fdrbD5

Causes Won, Lost, and Forgotten (book): amzn.to/4wFxk1X

The Myth of the Lost Cause and Civil War History (book): amzn.to/4vsAogU

The Great Courses – The American Civil War: bit.ly/4gDX3mQ

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OUTLINE:

(00:00) – Introduction

(00:07) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections

(08:36) – What caused the Civil War?

(18:33) – Slavery

(46:07) – Lincoln

(1:01:03) – Grant vs Lee

(1:09:57) – Could the Civil War have been avoided?

(1:19:23) – The bloodiest war in US history

(1:36:31) – How the Confederate Army could’ve won

(1:57:05) – Key battles of the Civil War

(2:20:07) – Best and Worst Presidents

(2:34:06) – Robert E. Lee

(2:53:40) – The most important battle of the Civil War

(3:03:51) – The final showdown of the Civil War – Grant vs Lee

(3:26:10) – Lost Cause and Confederate Monuments

(3:43:37) – Extreme political division in US