The Ultimate Civil War Series - Season 1

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Sins of the Fathers

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.

A Deep, Steady Thunder

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.

Days of Infamy

3 - Days of Infamy

Air Date: August 7, 2012

The Battle of Antietam; Northern troops fail at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville; Lee marches toward Gettysburg.

The Turning Points

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.

Not War, but Murder

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.

The Killing Fields

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.

New Birth of Freedom

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.