Instructor: Edward Seufert earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Virginia Tech. His 44-year career included working at Eastman Chemical Company, where he performed design and project engineering on chemical incinerator projects, and pioneering the development of CADD systems to produce engineering drawings electronically. He continued his career at Savannah River Site, doing design and project engineering on nuclear waste treatment systems and worked 10 years as a Shift Technical Engineer at DWPF mixing radioactive waste with molten glass for permanent disposal. Description: This course will present an overview of the American Civil War, including the major land battles and naval battles and cover each year of the war, 1861 to 1865. The Battles covered will include 1st Bull Run, Shiloh, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Vicksburg, Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Atlanta and the many battles around Richmond, plus other smaller battles in chronological order. Naval battles include the Monitor vs the Virginia at Hampton Roads and Mobile Bay. Each battle will include an overview, the Union and Confederate commanding generals/admirals, maps of the battlefield and key points, and a summary of the significance of each battle on the war. A PDF file of the slides will be posted online for future reference.