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
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
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.
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
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
March 23, 1994 • 1h
How a bumbling military bureaucracy undermined Union General Ambrose Burnside's strategy, leaving his troops exposed to decimation...Read more
March 30, 1994 • 1h
A profile of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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
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.
August 3, 1994 • 1h
Profile of Union General Winfield Scott Hancock, whose extraordinary career included the Mexican War, western expansion, the Civil...Read more
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