The Ultimate Civil War Series

Season 1

2012 · 7 episodes · 5h 52m in all · 7.1/10

Episodes

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   1. Sins of the Fathers

   24 Jul 2012 · 52 min · 5.0/10

   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.

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   2. A Deep, Steady Thunder

   31 Jul 2012 · 49 min · 8.0/10

   The first battles of the war end poorly for the North; the rise of General Lee, and the 1862 invasion of Maryland.

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   3. Days of Infamy

   7 Aug 2012 · 48 min · 8.0/10

   The Battle of Antietam; Northern troops fail at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville; Lee marches toward Gettysburg.

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   4. The Turning Points

   14 Aug 2012 · 48 min · 8.0/10

   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.

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   5. Not War, but Murder

   21 Aug 2012 · 49 min · 8.0/10

   Grant takes command and begins attacking Lee in Virginia; battles take place at Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, The Wilderness and Petersburg.

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   6. The Killing Fields

   28 Aug 2012 · 54 min · 8.0/10

   Battles for Petersburg - The Crater. The futile fights of Franklin and Nashville in Tennessee. The Battle of Five Forks shatters Lee’s Army.

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   7. New Birth of Freedom

   4 Sept 2012 · 52 min · 5.0/10

   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.