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  • History
  • 45m
  • United States
  • Documentary
This documentary series carefully and dynamically recounts eight key battles of the Civil War: Antietam, Chancellorsville, Chickamauga, Gettysburg, Shiloh, the Appomattox Campaign, the Petersburg Campaign and the Siege of Vicksburg. Rare period photographs, reenactments and interviews with leading Civil War historians illuminate the circumstances and personalities at the core of each of these struggles.

9 episodes

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1x01 Battle of Antietam

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The Battle of Antietam, fought in Virginia on Sept. 17, 1862.

Chronicling the 1865 Appomattox Campaign, the final battles of the Civil War fought in Virginia that led to the surrender of Lee's army and the end of the war.

1x05 Battle of Chickamauga

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The Battle of Chickamauga, fought in 1863 in Georgia, is recalled.

1x06 Battle of Shiloh

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Battle of Shiloh, fought on April 6-7, 1862, in Tennessee.

The Siege of Petersburg (Virginia), which lasted from 1864 to 1965, is chronicled.

1x08 Siege of Vicksburg

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Recalling the 1863 Siege of Vicksburg by the Union Army and its devastating effect on the Confederacy.

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