The Civil War

Season 1

Photographs, period paintings, lithographs and headlines of the Civil War are combined with moving newsreel footage of Civil War veterans, interviews with distinguished historians and first-person accounts in this award-winning documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns. The miniseries vividly embraces the entire sweep of the war: the complex causes and lasting effects of America's greatest and most moving calamity, the battles and the homefronts, the generals and the private soldiers, the anguish of death in battle and the grief of families at home.

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9 Episodes

The Cause: 1861
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The Cause: 1861Episode 1
A Very Bloody Affair: 1862
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A Very Bloody Affair: 1862Episode 2
Forever Free: 1862
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Forever Free: 1862Episode 3
Simply Murder: 1863
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Simply Murder: 1863Episode 4
The Universe of Battle: 1863
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The Universe of Battle: 1863Episode 5
Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864
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Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864Episode 6
Most Hallowed Ground: 1864
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Most Hallowed Ground: 1864Episode 7
War is All Hell: 1865
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War is All Hell: 1865Episode 8
The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865
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The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865Episode 9