Andrew Fialka
Middle Tennessee State University
Andrew Fialka is Assistant Professor in History at Middle Tennessee State University where he teaches courses on the Civil War and Reconstruction, nineteenth- and twentieth-century U.S. history, guerrilla war, and spatiotemporal methodologies. He also works at the University of Georgia’s Center for Virtual History (eHistory.org), directing multiple digital humanities projects, and served as a Park Ranger at the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. His research is published in multiple edited collections and journals.
Undergraduate Syllabus
Civil War and reconstruction
America’s Civil War generated more death than its casualties from the American Revolution, World War I, World War II, and Vietnam… combined. As a result, the war retained our Union, unshackled four million slaves from the chains of bondage, and instituted African-American citizenship into law. It also spawned our country’s most violent domestic terrorist organizations and influenced legalized racial oppression in the form of Jim Crow segregation. An understanding of the war’s causes, conduct, and legacies helps Americans better understand our country’s racial and political identities. Through this historical content, and an intense focus on developing reading and writing skills, students will learn what America is and where they fit in it.