Elizabeth R. Varon, Langbourne M. Williams Professor of American History at the University of Virginia, discusses James Longstreet's influence in the early era of Reconstruction after the Civil War.
Gary W. Gallagher, former Director of the John L. Nau III Center for Civil War History at the University of Virginia, presents on the effects of George B. McClellan's 7-day campaign across the Virginia Penninsula on the outcome of the Civil War
J. Matthew Gallman, professor of history at the University of Florida, discusses how General George B. McClellan's personal endorsement of George W. Woodward for governor of Pennsylvania in 1863 affected more than just his political career.
Gary Gallagher, professor of History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia, and Joan Waugh, professor of history at UCLA, present closing remarks for the "Turning Points in the Civil War" conference by exploring the battle for
David W. Blight, Director of the Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University, presents on the life of Frederick Douglass between the years of 1864 and 1866.
Gary Gallagher, professor of History of the American Civil War at the University of Virginia, and Joan Waugh, professor of history at UCLA, present opening remarks for the "Turning Points in the Civil War" conference.
Stephan Cushman, Robert C. Taylor Professor of English at the University of Virginia, presents on the effects of General George B. McClellan's campaign across the Virginia peninsula in 1862.
Richard Carwardine, Rhodes Professor of American History at the Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University, discusses how the 1864 presidential election served as a "second birth of our nation," and a turning point for the United States
Steve Hindle, W.M. Keck Foundation Director of Research at The Huntington, presents opening remarks for the "Turning Points in the Civil War" conference.