Legends & Lies - American Civil War
1 - John Brown: This Guilty Land
Air Date: March 25, 2018
Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.
2 - Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins
Air Date: April 1, 2018
Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.
3 - Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides
Air Date: April 8, 2018
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.
4 - Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day
Air Date: April 15, 2018
Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.
5 - Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire
Air Date: April 22, 2018
A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.
6 - Gettysburg: The High Water Mark
Air Date: April 29, 2018
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.
7 - Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War
Air Date: May 6, 2018
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;
8 - Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag
Air Date: May 13, 2018
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;
9 - Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign
Air Date: May 20, 2018
George McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;
10 - William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War
Air Date: May 27, 2018
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.
11 - John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln
Air Date: June 3, 2018
John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;
12 - The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother
Air Date: June 10, 2018
The defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;