The Civil War Institute Classes

All Civil War classes are taught by members of the Delaware Valley Civil War Round Table

Visit our website http://library.manor.edu/ for links and resources regarding the Civil War.

How to register:
By telephone: (215) 884-2218.
In person: Mondays-Thursdays, 9am to 7pm, Fridays, 9am to 5pm
By mail or fax: Complete the printable registration form.
Online: Click here for online registration form

Take courses independently or enroll in the Civil War Certificate program. To earn a certificate, you must take eight courses. Four must be core courses with the remainder being electives. For an application and/or to register, contact the Continuing Education Department at (215) 884-2218.
*Core Courses **Elective Courses
Gift Certificates available for courses!

**Irish in the Civil War – .6 CEUs
Act 48 Approved
Both Blue and Gray had a generous touch of green. So why did these men fight and die so bravely in a country that was new to them? And what generals were more gallant than the Union’s Phil Sheridan and the Confederacy’s Pat Cleburne?
DATE: Mondays, June 7 – 21
TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
FEE: $50
SESSIONS: 3
INSTRUCTOR: Hugh Boyle

**Sherman’s March to Victory – .6 CEUs
Act 48 Approved
Follow William T. Sherman in the campaign that captured Atlanta and likely saved Lincoln’s presidency. Afterward, Sherman marches to the Atlantic, cutting a 60-mile-wide swath of destruction that has been called the first total-war strategy. Finally, he makes an even more destructive march through South Carolina and forces the surrender of Joseph Johnston in North Carolina.
DATE: Thursday, July 15 – July 29
TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
FEE: $50
SESSIONS: 3
INSTRUCTOR: Jerry Carrier

**A Perfect Shower of Bullets II – .6 CEUs
Act 48 Approved NEW!
This is an entirely new course that concentrates on the smaller actions, skirmishes and engagements of the Civil War. This course will focus on theories of war and battles that were not able to be discussed in the first course. This includes many interesting and climactic small battles that had a direct impact on the outcome of the war. Emphasis will be placed on many of the exhilarating Union and Confederate mounted cavalry raids, pivotal battles in the east, and the often lesser known generals who lead and often died in these battles. You did not have to have taken Part 1 to enjoy this course
DATE: Mondays, July 26 – August 9
TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
FEE: $50
SESSIONS: 3
INSTRUCTOR: Herb Kaufman, M.Ed

**John Brown and Harper’s Ferry – .6 CEUs
Act 48 Approved
What kind of man was John Brown? What led him to his crusade for freedom that involved acts of lawless violence? This course answers these questions and tells of those who helped, encouraged and supported him. It will show how his hopes to ignite a slave rebellion ended in his death on a gallows. John Brown was an important link in the chain of events that led to the Civil War. The course will reveal the man and his mission and his place in American history.
DATE: Mondays, August 16 – August 30
TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
FEE: $50
SESSIONS: 3
INSTRUCTOR: Pat Caldwell