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Series
Civil War volume episode 1
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the causes of the war, Union vs. States' rights, John Brown at Harper's Ferry, Lincoln's election in 1869 and the firing on Fort Sumter.
Series
Civil War volume episode 2
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Describes the political infighting that threatened to swamp Lincoln's administration. Follows McClellan's ill-fated campaign on the Virginia Peninsula.
Series
Civil War volume episode 3
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Charts the dramatic events that led to Lincoln's decision to set the slaves free, his wait for a Union victory before proclaming emancipation. Describes Lee's invasion of Maryland and the Battle of Antietam Creek.
Series
Civil War volume episode 4
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Describes the Union disaster at Fredericksburg, Lee's victory at chancellorsville but with the loss of Stonewall Jackson, Grants Siege of Vicksburg.
Series
Civil War volume episode 7
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
Describes the presidential campaign of 1864 and how Union victories at Mobile Bay, Atlanta and the Shenandoah Valley tilt the election to Lincoln.
Series
Civil War volume episode 9
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Covers the events from Lee's surrender, Lincoln's assassination and funeral, the capture of John Wilkes Booth, and the consequences of the war.
Series
Civil War volume episode 8
Publisher
PBS Video
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Covers Sherman's march to the sea, war in the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas, Lincoln's second inauguration, the fall of Petersburg and Richmond, and Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
Series
Publisher
Inecom Entertainment Co
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
"Keith Carradine narrates the Public Television Edition of the Civil War Minutes documentary series, Gettysburg and Stories of Valor. This edition contains twelve episodes that began airing on public television stations in November 2004. Episodes include: Bravery at Gettysburg; Mystery at Devil's Den; Hallowed ground; Hancock the superb; Confederate General Lewis Armistead; The lost drum of Will Mayo; Our William is no more; Caught in the crossfire;...