By 1864, Union forces had the upper hand, though the end of war was not yet in sight. President Lincoln named U.S. Grant the overall commander of the Union army, 533,000 strong and the largest army in the world. He was made a three star...
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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