Season 2 (1994)

Robert E. Lee
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February 16, 1994 • 1h

The legend, the myth, and the reality behind the Confederate leader renowned as much for his exalted character and leadership qual...Read more

Sherman and the March to the Sea
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February 23, 1994 • 1h

From the glow of burning Atlanta to the capture of Savannah, this documentary chronicles the scorched-earth policy of one of the U...Read more

General Joshua L. Chamberlain
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March 2, 1994 • 1h

Find out how a quiet academic from Maine rose to fame on the battlefield, including his heroism at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.

Lincoln & Gettysburg
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March 9, 1994 • 1h

Chronicling the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg and President Lincoln's celebrated address at the site on Nov. 19 of that year. Inc...Read more

Battlefield Medicine
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March 16, 1994 • 1h

The Civil War soldier's deadliest foe--disease. Typhoid and dysentery claimed more lives than battlefield wounds, and poor diet, u...Read more

The Battle of Fredericksburg
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March 23, 1994 • 1h

How a bumbling military bureaucracy undermined Union General Ambrose Burnside's strategy, leaving his troops exposed to decimation...Read more

Frederick Douglass
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March 30, 1994 • 1h

A profile of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.

Reporting the War
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April 6, 1994 • 1h

How did journalism shatter the romantic notion of war? Explore how the work of Alfred Waud, Winslow Homer, and other talented repo...Read more

The Battle of Chattanooga
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April 13, 1994 • 1h

The Battle of Chattanooga (Nov. 23-25, 1863), in which Union troops led by Gens. U.S. Grant and George H. Thomas crushed the Confe...Read more

Women at War
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April 20, 1994 • 1h

In the midst of great hardship, women from both the North and South were inspired to join the war effort, taking on surprising new...Read more

Nathan Bedford Forrest
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April 27, 1994 • 1h

The controversial Confederate Army hero who was called "the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side" by General ...Read more

The Battles of Franklin & Nashville
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May 4, 1994 • 1h

The spectacular defeat of the Army of Tennessee in 1864 as Union soldiers held off charging brigades at Franklin, then destroyed C...Read more

Zouaves!
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May 11, 1994 • 1h

The saga of the most flamboyant troops of the Civil War, who modeled themselves after the fierce tribes of Algeria, and used brill...Read more

Shadows of Lightning: J.E.B. Stuart & the CSA Cavalry
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May 18, 1994 • 1h

He was a hero to the South, a terror to the North and an idol to his men. This is the story of a man who led by example and brough...Read more

Terrible Swift Sword: The Union Cavalry
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May 25, 1994 • 1h

Traces the history of the federal cavalry from its disastrous performance at the beginning of the war to its coming of age at Bran...Read more

The Secret War: Civil War Spies
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June 1, 1994 • 1h

During the Civil War, men and women from both the North and South worked as espionage agents, greatly influencing the course of history.

War Crimes: The Death Camps
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June 8, 1994 • 1h

Explore the prisoner camps in both North and South, where captured soldiers suffered from harsh, brutal conditions that often led to death.

The Traitor President: Jefferson Davis
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June 15, 1994 • 1h

The life and times of the former U.S. senator and one-time U.S. secretary of war who, as President of the Confederate States, was ...Read more

General James Longstreet: Lee’s Prodigal Son
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June 22, 1994 • 1h

Story of the masterful soldier and aide to Robert E. Lee, whose understanding of warfare foretold its style in the 20th century.

Garden of the Dead: Arlington Cemetery
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June 29, 1994 • 1h

Learn the story behind how Confederate General Robert E. Lee's home eventually became the official military cemetery of the United States.

The Battle of Charleston
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July 6, 1994 • 1h

Symbolically important because the first shots of the war were fired in the city, the North attacked for years but could not shake...Read more

The Battle and Siege of Vicksburg
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July 13, 1994 • 1h

The story of the horrific fight for the strategically vital Mississippi city. Under heavy bombardment, the streets flowed with blo...Read more

Caught in the Maelstrom: Civilians in the War
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July 20, 1994 • 1h

Explore the deadly toll the Civil War had on civilians, including how sharpshooters at Gettysburg accidentally killed Jenny Wade a...Read more

The Taking of New Orleans
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July 27, 1994 • 1h

The North laid siege to the port early in the war and the city fell in 1862 but fighting continued for three more years.

The Superb General Hancock
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August 3, 1994 • 1h

Profile of Union General Winfield Scott Hancock, whose extraordinary career included the Mexican War, western expansion, the Civil...Read more

Iron Jaws: Killing Power of Civil War Artillery
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August 10, 1994 • 1h

The war's powerful weapons and their deadly toll. Rifled cannons made their first appearance in the Civil War, while ranks of char...Read more