The Civil War

E01▶

The Cause: 1861

Sep 23, 1990 · 1h 40m

E02▶

A Very Bloody Affair: 1862

Sep 24, 1990 · 1h 9m

E03▶

Forever Free: 1862

Sep 24, 1990 · 1h 17m

E04▶

Simply Murder: 1863

Sep 25, 1990 · 1h 3m

E05▶

The Universe of Battle: 1863

Sep 25, 1990 · 1h 37m

E06▶

Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864

Sep 26, 1990 · 1h 11m

E07▶

Most Hallowed Ground: 1864

Sep 26, 1990 · 1h 13m

E08Playing

War Is All Hell: 1865

Sep 27, 1990 · 1h 10m

E09▶

The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865

Sep 27, 1990 · 1h 10m

The episode begins with William Tecumseh Sherman's brilliant march to the sea, which brings the war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy. In March, following Lincoln's second inauguration, first Petersburg and then Richmond finally fall to Grant's army. Lee's tattered Army of Northern Virginia flees westward towards a tiny crossroads town called Appomattox Court House. There the dramatic and deeply moving surrender of Lee to Grant takes place. The episode ends in Washington where John Wilkes Booth begins to dream of vengeance for the South.