Episode 1
The Cause: 1861
Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war,...
Episode 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...
Episode 3
Forever Free: 1862
This episode charts the dramatic events that led to Lincoln's decision to set the slaves free. Convinced by Ju...
Episode 4
Simply Murder: 1863
The nightmarish Union disaster at Fredericksburg comes to two climaxes that spring: at Chancellorsville in May...
Episode 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...
Episode 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 th...
Episode 7
Most Hallowed Ground: 1864
The episode begins with the presidential election of 1864 that sets Abraham Lincoln against his old commanding...
Episode 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 hea...
Episode 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 t...