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Video: In4 Minutes

The In4 video series features historians discussing foundational topics about the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and Civil War. Videos are generally no more than four minutes long, and subjects range from a description of notable generals, to an explanation of artillery, to a description of the significance of the Western Theater, or Southern Campaign.

John Buford

VIDEO | Wayne Motts of the National Civil War Museum details the life and service of Union Brigadier General John Buford.
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Thomas Paine

VIDEO | Jim Percoco of the American Battlefield Trust sheds light on one of the overlooked figures of the American Revolution, Thomas Paine. Paine was...
Rev War  |  Video

Wars for Independence

VIDEO | Jim Percoco describes the early years of the United States through the lens of the two major wars, the War for Independence and the War of...

Freedmen and the Civil War

VIDEO | Caitlin Verboon discusses the transition from slavery to freedom that former slaves faced after the Civil War. Filmed at the slave quarters of...

Winfield Scott

VIDEO | Historian Gary Gallagher describes the great, yet often overlooked, General Winfield Scott and the impacts his strategies ultimately had upon...