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Documentary series exploring the people, technology and battles behind the war between the states.
Episode 26 : Iron Jaws: Killing Power of Civil War Artillery
August. 10,1994
The war's powerful weapons and their deadly toll. Rifled cannons made their first appearance in the Civil War, while ranks of charging infantry were chewed to pieves by the artillery's iron jaws.
Episode 25 : The Superb General Hancock
August. 03,1994
Profile of Union General Winfield Scott Hancock, whose extraordinary career included the Mexican War, western expansion, the Civil War, and the period of Reconstruction.
Episode 24 : The Taking of New Orleans
July. 27,1994
The North laid siege to the port early in the war and the city fell in 1862 but fighting continued for three more years.
Episode 23 : Caught in the Maelstrom: Civilians in the War
July. 20,1994
Explore the deadly toll the Civil War had on civilians, including how sharpshooters at Gettysburg accidentally killed Jenny Wade and a 73-year-old Gettysburg resident John Burns who takes up arms to defend his town.
Episode 22 : The Battle and Siege of Vicksburg
July. 13,1994
The story of the horrific fight for the strategically vital Mississippi city. Under heavy bombardment, the streets flowed with blood as civilians fled to find shelters in the cliffs and caves.
Episode 21 : The Battle of Charleston
July. 06,1994
Symbolically important because the first shots of the war were fired in the city, the North attacked for years but could not shake the will of the citizens or soldiers who fought overwhelming odds.
Episode 20 : Garden of the Dead: Arlington Cemetery
June. 29,1994
Learn the story behind how Confederate General Robert E. Lee's home eventually became the official military cemetery of the United States.
Episode 19 : General James Longstreet: Lee’s Prodigal Son
June. 22,1994
Story of the masterful soldier and aide to Robert E. Lee, whose understanding of warfare foretold its style in the 20th century.
Episode 18 : The Traitor President: Jefferson Davis
June. 15,1994
The life and times of the former U.S. senator and one-time U.S. secretary of war who, as President of the Confederate States, was tasked with leading the South's war effort.
Episode 17 : War Crimes: The Death Camps
June. 08,1994
Explore the prisoner camps in both North and South, where captured soldiers suffered from harsh, brutal conditions that often led to death.
Episode 16 : The Secret War: Civil War Spies
June. 01,1994
During the Civil War, men and women from both the North and South worked as espionage agents, greatly influencing the course of history.
Episode 15 : Terrible Swift Sword: The Union Cavalry
May. 25,1994
Traces the history of the federal cavalry from its disastrous performance at the beginning of the war to its coming of age at Brandy Station, under leaders like Generals Buford and Sheridan.
Episode 14 : Shadows of Lightning: J.E.B. Stuart & the CSA Cavalry
May. 18,1994
He was a hero to the South, a terror to the North and an idol to his men. This is the story of a man who led by example and brought honor and glory to his men in one victory after another.
Episode 13 : Zouaves!
May. 11,1994
The saga of the most flamboyant troops of the Civil War, who modeled themselves after the fierce tribes of Algeria, and used brilliant tactics and dashing drills to fight on both sides.
Episode 12 : The Battles of Franklin & Nashville
May. 04,1994
The spectacular defeat of the Army of Tennessee in 1864 as Union soldiers held off charging brigades at Franklin, then destroyed Confederate forces as large numbers of civilian spectators looked on.
Episode 11 : Nathan Bedford Forrest
April. 27,1994
The controversial Confederate Army hero who was called "the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side" by General Sherman, and who later became Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
Episode 10 : Women at War
April. 20,1994
In the midst of great hardship, women from both the North and South were inspired to join the war effort, taking on surprising new roles either in factories or on the frontline.
Episode 9 : The Battle of Chattanooga
April. 13,1994
The Battle of Chattanooga (Nov. 23-25, 1863), in which Union troops led by Gens. U.S. Grant and George H. Thomas crushed the Confederates at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. The victory is considered a turning point because it enabled the North to split the eastern part of the Confederacy.
Episode 8 : Reporting the War
April. 06,1994
How did journalism shatter the romantic notion of war? Explore how the work of Alfred Waud, Winslow Homer, and other talented reporters, artists, and photographers brought tragedy home.
Episode 7 : Frederick Douglass
March. 30,1994
Episode 6 : The Battle of Fredericksburg
March. 23,1994
How a bumbling military bureaucracy undermined Union General Ambrose Burnside's strategy, leaving his troops exposed to decimation by Robert E. Lee's Confederate forces.
Episode 5 : Battlefield Medicine
March. 16,1994
The Civil War soldier's deadliest foe--disease. Typhoid and dysentery claimed more lives than battlefield wounds, and poor diet, unsanitary conditions, and emotional strain took a deadly toll.
Episode 4 : Lincoln & Gettysburg
March. 09,1994
Chronicling the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg and President Lincoln's celebrated address at the site on Nov. 19 of that year. Included: skirmishes at Little Round Top and Devil's Den; Gen. Pickett's charge on the Union line at Cemetery Ridge.
Episode 3 : General Joshua L. Chamberlain
March. 02,1994
Find out how a quiet academic from Maine rose to fame on the battlefield, including his heroism at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
Episode 2 : Sherman and the March to the Sea
February. 23,1994
From the glow of burning Atlanta to the capture of Savannah, this documentary chronicles the scorched-earth policy of one of the Union's most effective--and feared--generals.
Episode 1 : Robert E. Lee
February. 16,1994
The legend, the myth, and the reality behind the Confederate leader renowned as much for his exalted character and leadership qualities as his tactical brilliance on the battlefield.
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