American Civil War

1. John Brown: This Guilty Land

Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.

2018-03-25 • 60 min

2. Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins

Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.

2018-04-01 • 60 min

3. Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides

Robert E. Lee, who once turned down command of Northern forces, becomes the top Confederate general; Ulysses S. Grant scores Union victories in the West.

2018-04-08 • 60 min

4. Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day

Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.

2018-04-15 • 60 min

5. Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire

A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.

2018-04-22 • 60 min

6. Gettysburg: The High Water Mark

The North turns back the South's invasion; a heroic bayonet charge led by Maine's Joshua Chamberlain; the doomed Confederate charge led by Gen. George Pickett.

2018-04-29 • 60 min

7. Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War

Once drummed out of the army for drinking, Ulysses S. Grant earns his place as the North's best general; the Union's first black regiment marches into battle;

2018-05-06 • 60 min

8. Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag

A U.S. senator, war hero, and presidential aspirant who has much in common with Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis answers the call to lead the Confederate States of America;

2018-05-13 • 60 min

9. Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign

George McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;

2018-05-20 • 60 min

10. William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War

Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta and marches to the sea; Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.

2018-05-27 • 60 min

11. John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln

John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;

2018-06-03 • 60 min

12. The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother

The defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;

2018-06-10 • 60 min