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elly29's review
3.0
I listened to this Great Course. It was wide and sweeping, but at times I had trouble following aurally because Gallagher included an unclear antecedent. I understand that it is a lecture, and there are probably diagrams and slides and note outlines, but during the time I was listening (vehicular commute), I did not have access to any of these materials.
That said, I have a greater appreciation for the "softer" side of the American Civil War, the intangibles. What people thought before the war, and how they thought it was going to be a few brief skirmishes. How entire towns were decimated, because their young men from the same geographic region were put into the same companies. Women's and black's perspectives on the war. There's so much to talk about, and still yet I feel I could listen to another 48 lectures on the Civil War.
That said, I have a greater appreciation for the "softer" side of the American Civil War, the intangibles. What people thought before the war, and how they thought it was going to be a few brief skirmishes. How entire towns were decimated, because their young men from the same geographic region were put into the same companies. Women's and black's perspectives on the war. There's so much to talk about, and still yet I feel I could listen to another 48 lectures on the Civil War.
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