Holt Merchant

Professor of History

Education

• Ph.D. in American History, University of Virginia, 1976
• B.A. in American History, Washington and Lee University, 1961

Research

Research Interests:  George Washington; Robert E. Lee; Sectionalism, Secession, Civil War
Current Research:  The biography of Laurence Keitt - South Carolina Congressman, secessionist, Confederate Colonel, corpse. Publication pending.

Teaching

History 107 History of the United States to 1876
History 108 History of the United States Since 1876
History 150 Seminar in American History for Freshmen and Sophomores
History 343 The United States, 1801-1840
History 344 Seminar on the United States, 1840-1860
History 345 The American Civil War
History 346 Seminar on Reconstruction, 1865-1877
History 362 The Old South to 1860
History 363 The South Since 1877
History 364 Seminar on the Origins of the Constitution