Season 1

(2012)
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Episodes 7

1 Sins of the Fathers

July 24, 2012

52m

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

July 31, 2012

49m

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

August 7, 2012

48m

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

4 The Turning Points

August 14, 2012

48m

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

August 21, 2012

49m

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

August 28, 2012

54m

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

September 4, 2012

52m

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.

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