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Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War

Code: SL51807

Dates: April 24, 2026

Meets: 12 N to 2:00 PM

Sessions: 1

Location: Creutzburg Center 101

Course Fee: $49.00

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By the late summer of 1864, the Union war effort was in tatters. Battlefield casualties were appalling, the Lincoln presidency was failing, and there was no end to the war in sight. What happened next was nothing short of miraculous. Ellsworth unpacks the final, fraught months of America’s bloodiest war, and the remarkable coalition of loyal citizens who defeated the Confederacy, destroyed slavery, and gave the nation a new burst of freedom.
Fee: $49.00
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Fee Breakdown

CategoryDescriptionAmount
Course Fee (Basic)Course Fee$ 49.00
Optional FeeDonation$ 0.00

Creutzburg Center 101

260 Gulph Creek Road
(in Harford Park)
Radnor, PA 19087
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Scott Ellsworth

Scott Ellsworth is an award-winning writer and historian. The author of five books, The Secret Game was a New York Times best seller and The Ground Breaking was longlisted for both the National Book Award and the Carnegie Medal. Scott has written about American life and history for the New York Times, Washington Post, and Los Angeles Times. Formerly a historian at the Smithsonian Institution, he’s taught at the University of Michigan since 2007. Described by Booklist as “a historian with the soul of a poet,” he’s appeared on the TODAY Show, PBS’s The American Experience, National Public Radio, Fox, CNN, and the BBC. His newest book is Midnight on the Potomac: The Last Year of the Civil War, the Lincoln Assassination, and the Rebirth of America.

scottell@umich.edu

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