The Road to Civil War, battles over Slavery turn violent in Kansas and Harper's Ferry; the election of Lincoln, Secession, Fort Sumter and the First Battle of Manassas.
52min
July 24, 2012
2. A Deep, Steady Thunder
The first battles of the war end poorly for the North; the rise of General Lee, and the 1862 invasion of Maryland.
49min
July 31, 2012
3. Days of Infamy
The Battle of Antietam; Northern troops fail at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville; Lee marches toward Gettysburg.
48min
August 7, 2012
4. The Turning Points
The Battle of Brandy Station sees a massive cavalry battle, with the epic struggle at Gettysburg following soon after, along with the fall of Vicksburg.
48min
August 14, 2012
5. Not War, but Murder
Grant takes command and begins attacking Lee in Virginia; battles take place at Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, The Wilderness and Petersburg.
49min
August 21, 2012
6. The Killing Fields
Battles for Petersburg - The Crater. The futile fights of Franklin and Nashville in Tennessee. The Battle of Five Forks shatters Lee’s Army.
54min
August 28, 2012
7. New Birth of Freedom
April 2, 1865 and the fall of Petersburg and Richmond; Lee surrenders to Grant and Sherman takes the surrender of the western Confederate Army; Lincoln's assassination and the second war over reconstruction and the citizenship of former slaves.