The Civil War
Date de parution : 23 septembre 1990
 | Saison 1 - épisode 1 | The Cause (1861) Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war, from the Cotton Kingdom of the South... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 2 | A Very Bloody Affair (1862) 1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. Episode Two... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 3 | Forever Free (1862) This episode charts the dramatic events that led to Lincoln's decision to set the slaves free. Convinced by July 1862 that emancipation was now... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 4 | Simply Murder (1863) The nightmarish Union disaster at Fredericksburg comes to two climaxes that spring: at Chancellorsville in May, where Lee wins his most brilliant... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 5 | The Universe of Battle (1863) This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of war: the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest ever fought in the Western Hemisphere.... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 6 | Valley of the Shadow of Death (1864) Episode six begins with a biographical comparison of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee and then chronicles the extraordinary series of battles that... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 7 | Most Hallowed Ground (1864) The episode begins with the presidential election of 1864 that sets Abraham Lincoln against his old commanding general, George McClellan. The stakes... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 8 | War Is All Hell (1865) The episode begins with William Tecumseh Sherman's brilliant march to the sea, which brings the war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and... |
 | Saison 1 - épisode 9 | The Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) This extraordinary final episode of The Civil War begins in the bittersweet aftermath of Lee's surrender and then goes on to narrate the horrendous... |
