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The Ultimate Civil War Series
This soon-to-be classic documentary mini-series traces the causes, courses as well as the major events and personalities of the American Civil War. Between 1861 and 1865, this epic American story of struggle and survival was written in blood, and in this series is told mostly from first-hand accounts and in the spoken words of the participants themselves, through their diaries, letters, and memoirs. The series concludes with Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House and the surrender of the western Confederate Army to Sherman in North Carolina in the spring of 1865. It then explores the legacy of slavery and the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country forever.
2012 7.0/10 community score 1 season · 7 episodes Ended
- Documentary
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- First aired
- Seasons
- 1
- Episodes
- 7
- Status
- Ended
Latest aired episode
S1 E7
New Birth of Freedom
Aired 52 min
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.
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Season 1
7 episodes
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