The Ultimate Civil War Series - Season 1
1 - Sins of the Fathers
Air Date: July 24, 2012
The Road to Civil War, battles over Slavery turn violent in Kansas and Harper's Ferry; the election of Lincoln, Secession, Fort Sumter and the First Battle of Manassas.
2 - A Deep, Steady Thunder
Air Date: July 31, 2012
The first battles of the war end poorly for the North; the rise of General Lee, and the 1862 invasion of Maryland.
3 - Days of Infamy
Air Date: August 7, 2012
The Battle of Antietam; Northern troops fail at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville; Lee marches toward Gettysburg.
4 - The Turning Points
Air Date: August 14, 2012
The Battle of Brandy Station sees a massive cavalry battle, with the epic struggle at Gettysburg following soon after, along with the fall of Vicksburg.
5 - Not War, but Murder
Air Date: August 21, 2012
Grant takes command and begins attacking Lee in Virginia; battles take place at Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, The Wilderness and Petersburg.
6 - The Killing Fields
Air Date: August 28, 2012
Battles for Petersburg - The Crater. The futile fights of Franklin and Nashville in Tennessee. The Battle of Five Forks shatters Lee’s Army.
7 - New Birth of Freedom
Air Date: September 4, 2012
April 2, 1865 and the fall of Petersburg and Richmond; Lee surrenders to Grant and Sherman takes the surrender of the western Confederate Army; Lincoln's assassination and the second war over reconstruction and the citizenship of former slaves.