Mark Grimsley of Ohio State University examines the military significance of the Civil War in terms of general U.S. military history, especially the ways in which it differed from other American wars. This lecture was part of "What Students Need To Know About America’s Wars, Part I: 1622-1919: A History Institute for Teachers, held July 26-27, 2008, at the First Division Museum in Wheaton, IL, sponsored by the Foreign Policy Research Institute's Wachman Center and by the Cantigny First Division Foundation.
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