This class has broadened my perspective on the Civil War. Growing up in Connecticut, I got a very different view of the war than the view in this class. Being in this class for a term, I realized how narrow that view actually was. Reading the Ayers and Horowitz books were the most helpful for me, because they let me see the scope of the impact of the war, both back in the 1860's and in the present day. Now, I have realized the huge impact that this war really had, and continues to have even to this day.