American Civil War

Season 3 · 2018 · 12 episodes

Episodes

1John Brown: This Guilty LandSpotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.
2Abraham Lincoln: The War BeginsAbraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.
3Robert E. Lee: Choosing SidesRobert E. Lee, who once turned down command of Northern forces, becomes the top Confederate general; Ulysses S. Grant scores Union victories in the West.
4Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New DayFormer slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.
5Stonewall Jackson: Friendly FireA Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.
6Gettysburg: The High Water MarkThe 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.
7Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by WarOnce 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;
8Jefferson Davis: The Black FlagA 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;
9Abraham Lincoln: The CampaignGeorge McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;
10William Tecumseh Sherman: Total WarUnion Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta and marches to the sea; Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.
11John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of LincolnJohn Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;
12The Civil War: Brother vs. BrotherThe defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;