
It took two round trips to Austin and two to Tyler but I just finished this excellent set of 48 lectures on the
history of the Civil War by Gary W. Gallagher of the University of Virginia. The Civil War is not a period I'm very familiar with, and it was very interesting hearing it told from beginning to end. Even with 24 hours of lectures there was virtually nothing on the causes of the war or on Reconstruction, which tells you how much there is to cover on just the war itself.