Legends & Lies

American Civil War

2018 · 12 episodes · 12h 0m in all

Episodes

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   1. John Brown: This Guilty Land

   25 Mar 2018 · 60 min

   Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.

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   2. Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins

   1 Apr 2018 · 60 min

   Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.

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   3. Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides

   8 Apr 2018 · 60 min

   Robert E. Lee, who once turned down command of Northern forces, becomes the top Confederate general; Ulysses S. Grant scores Union victories in the West.

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   4. Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day

   15 Apr 2018 · 60 min

   Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.

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   5. Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire

   22 Apr 2018 · 60 min

   A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.

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   6. Gettysburg: The High Water Mark

   29 Apr 2018 · 60 min

   The 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.

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   7. Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War

   6 May 2018 · 60 min

   Once 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;

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   8. Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag

   13 May 2018 · 60 min

   A 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;

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   9. Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign

   20 May 2018 · 60 min

   George McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;

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    10. William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War

    27 May 2018 · 60 min

    Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta and marches to the sea; Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.

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    11. John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln

    3 Jun 2018 · 60 min

    John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;

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    12. The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother

    10 Jun 2018 · 60 min

    The defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;