American Civil War
12 episodes · Mar 25, 2018
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- S3E1
John Brown: This Guilty Land
Mar 25, 201860mSpotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.
- S3E2
Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins
Apr 1, 201860mAbraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.
- S3E3
Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides
Apr 8, 201860mRobert E. Lee, who once turned down command of Northern forces, becomes the top Confederate general; Ulysses S. Grant scores Union victories in the West.
- S3E4
Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day
Apr 15, 201860mFormer slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.
- S3E5
Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire
Apr 22, 201860mA Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.
- S3E6
Gettysburg: The High Water Mark
Apr 29, 201860mThe North turns back the South's invasion; a heroic bayonet charge led by Maine's Joshua Chamberlain; the doomed Confederate charge led by Gen. George Pickett.
- S3E7
Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War
May 6, 201860mOnce drummed out of the army for drinking, Ulysses S. Grant earns his place as the North's best general; the Union's first black regiment marches into battle;
- S3E8
Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag
May 13, 201860mA U.S. senator, war hero, and presidential aspirant who has much in common with Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis answers the call to lead the Confederate States of America;
- S3E9
Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign
May 20, 201860mGeorge McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;
- S3E10
William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War
May 27, 201860mUnion Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta and marches to the sea; Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.
- S3E11
John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln
Jun 3, 201860mJohn Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;
- S3E12
The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother
Jun 10, 201860mThe defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;