Gods and Generals

After a brief introduction, we have started watching Gods and Generals, the story of the Civil War up to Gettysburg.

We are using the film to go through a chronology of the war that will be supplemented in class with other material.

We have covered the following topics:

Battle Flags

http://www.oldstatehouse.com/collections/flags/

Robert E. Lee

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_E._Lee

Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson

http://www.civilwarhome.com/jackbio.htm

The Black Flag

The Black Flag was flown by certain irregular Confederate Army units to symbolize that they would neither give, nor accept quarter; symbolizing the opposite of the white flag of surrender.
Dates of Secession

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0215469/secession.htm