1863: Year of Confederate Reckoning
Channel: Fred SpotNPS
Date: 2023-08-30

Join Dr. Stephanie McCurry for this virtual talk exploring the state of the Confederate national experiment in the spring of 1863. Dr. McCurry discusses how disenfranchised people in the Confederacy – particularly enslaved people and white women – brought their political voices to bear on the war effort. How did instability within the Confederacy impact the evolution of the war itself? Could another military victory salvage the struggling nation?

Original program was hosted through the Civil War Trails Zoom account and recorded on April 30, 2023.

For an audio described version of this presentation visit: www.nps.gov/media/video/view.htm?id=1368B75A-E1D6-4014-B224-8BBEFBA101A2