Slavery began to flourish in the U.S. at the end of the 18th century with Eli Whitney's invention of the cotton gin. Whereas it would take one person a day to produce a pound of clean cotton, the cotton gin could produce 1000 lbs per day....
Aired: Sep 23, 1990 Slavery began to flourish in the U.S. at the end of the 18th century with Eli...
2. A Very Bloody Affair (1862)
Aired: Sep 24, 1990By 1862, both sides had 1 million men in uniform across a 1000 mile battle fr...
Aired: Sep 24, 1990 While Gen. McClellan sat outside Richmond, three Union armies were being kept...
Aired: Sep 25, 1990 By early 1863, Union soldiers with the Army of the Potomac had not been paid ...
5. The Universe of Battle (1863)
Aired: Sep 25, 1990In trying to draw Union troops away from the siege of Vicksburg, Robert E. Le...
6. Valley of the Shadow of Death (1864)
Aired: Sep 26, 1990By 1864, Union forces had the upper hand, though the end of war was not yet i...
7. Most Hallowed Ground (1864)
Aired: Sep 26, 1990By the summer of 1864, the Union push had been stopped. At Petersburg, Union ...
Aired: Sep 27, 1990 By the beginning of 1865, the Confederacy was coming to an end. Atlanta had b...
9. The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865)
Aired: Sep 27, 1990The North celebrated Lee's surrender and the end of the war. On April 14, Goo...
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