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"And the War Came," 1861: The Sumter Crisis, Comparative Strategies

David W. BlightPulitzer Prize WinnerYale University

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46:37·2008·introductory level

This lecture dissects the Fort Sumter crisis as the catalyst for the Civil War, analyzing the subsequent secession of additional southern states and the varied motivations driving both Union and Confederate citizens to armed conflict.

HistoryModern History & GeopoliticsFort SumterCivil War BeginningsSecession

The Civil War and Reconstruction (HIST 119)

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David W. BlightPulitzer Prize Winner

Pulitzer Prize for History · Sterling Professor of History · Yale University

David W. Blight is a Sterling Professor of History at Yale University, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian renowned for his definitive scholarship on the American Civil War and Reconstruction.

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