The Civil War

Season 1 Episode 2: A Very Bloody Affair (1862)

Sep 24, 1990 TV-14 1h 9m 8.4

By 1862, both sides had 1 million men in uniform across a 1000 mile battle front ranging from Manassas, Virginia to Missouri. Battles had taken a horrendous toll in human lives on both sides. Lincoln and his Cabinet were frustrated by the...

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Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Cause (1861)

1. The Cause (1861)

Aired: Sep 23, 1990

Slavery began to flourish in the U.S. at the end of the 18th century with Eli...

Episode 3 Forever Free (1862)

3. Forever Free (1862)

Aired: Sep 24, 1990

While Gen. McClellan sat outside Richmond, three Union armies were being kept...

Episode 4 Simply Murder (1863)

4. Simply Murder (1863)

Aired: Sep 25, 1990

By early 1863, Union soldiers with the Army of the Potomac had not been paid ...

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Network: PBS

Genres: War, Documentary, History

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