Civil War Journal
(1993)Streaming Episode Guide
Season 3
Preserving the Past
Episode 14 - 6-04-1995
A look at individual and organizational efforts to preserve our precious national monuments, including Gettysburg cemetery, at risk of being spoiled by encroachment of commercial interest.
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Immigrants and the American Civil War
Episode 13 - 5-28-1995
One in five soldiers who fought in the war had been born in another country and would fight on both sides. But they were not always welcome.
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Honor the Dead: Unsung Heroes of Gettysburg
Episode 12 - 5-21-1995
Engaged in the bloodiest fighting of the Civil War, nearly 30,000 soldiers are killed in three days of fighting at Gettysburg. Many of these brave souls are forgotten as they fall.
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Yanks vs Rebs: The Foot Soldiers Life
Episode 11 - 5-14-1995
How the average soldier coped with life on and off the battlefield, including drinking and gambling, music, and even a new game called baseball.
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First Ladies: North and South
Episode 10 - 5-07-1995
Mary Todd Lincoln and Varina Davis were two women from rival governments, but they led parallel lives, struggling against criticism, personal tragedies, and an agonizing war.
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Dan Sickles: The General Who Got Away With Murder
Episode 9 - 4-30-1995
The Union general who, before the war, became the first defendant in a murder trial to be acquitted on a plea of temporary insanity. Sickles killed a man he accused of having an affair with his wife.
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The Boy Generals
Episode 8 - 4-23-1995
The remarkable tales of the very young men who rose to high rank in the war, including Galusha Pennypacker, Adelbert Ames, and Micah Jenkins.
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Trains at War
Episode 7 - 4-16-1995
Trains...both sides needed them, but it was the Union who had the know-how and equipment to make use of this invaluable tool.
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Born Killers: The Iron Brigade
Episode 6 - 4-09-1995
The story of one of the Union's most famous units. Mustered in the Midwest, they served with enormous distinction while suffering heavy losses.
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Bloodiest Day: Antietam
Episode 5 - 4-02-1995
Fought on September 17, 1862, the Battle of Antietam produced over 23,000 Union and Confederate casualties, making it the bloodiest single day in American history.
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Picture Perfect: The Pomp & Vision of Matthew Brady
Episode 4 - 3-26-1995
Explore how photographer Mathew Brady's work brought the horrors of war to American's doorsteps for the first time.
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Divided Houses: Families Split by War
Episode 3 - 3-19-1995
Families are divided and bonds broken forever as people are forced to chose between the Union and the newly created Confederate states.
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Freedom’s Road: Slavery and the Opposition
Episode 2 - 3-12-1995
In Philadelphia in 1776, a bargain was struck to allow slavery in the new United States—a deal that would lead to disaster, and help spark the Civil War between North and South almost a century later.
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Mr. Lincoln’s Butcher: General Ulysses S. Grant
Episode 1 - 3-05-1995
Lincoln picks Ulysses S. Grant, a general who believes in winning at any cost, to command the Union Army.
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Season 2
Iron Jaws: Killing Power of Civil War Artillery
Episode 26 - 8-10-1994
The war's powerful weapons and their deadly toll. Rifled cannons made their first appearance in the Civil War, while ranks of charging infantry were chewed to pieves by the artillery's iron jaws.
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The Superb General Hancock
Episode 25 - 8-03-1994
Profile of Union General Winfield Scott Hancock, whose extraordinary career included the Mexican War, western expansion, the Civil War, and the period of Reconstruction.
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The Taking of New Orleans
Episode 24 - 7-27-1994
The North laid siege to the port early in the war and the city fell in 1862 but fighting continued for three more years.
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Caught in the Maelstrom: Civilians in the War
Episode 23 - 7-20-1994
Explore the deadly toll the Civil War had on civilians, including how sharpshooters at Gettysburg accidentally killed Jenny Wade and a 73-year-old Gettysburg resident John Burns who takes up arms to defend his town.
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The Battle and Siege of Vicksburg
Episode 22 - 7-13-1994
The story of the horrific fight for the strategically vital Mississippi city. Under heavy bombardment, the streets flowed with blood as civilians fled to find shelters in the cliffs and caves.
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The Battle of Charleston
Episode 21 - 7-06-1994
Symbolically important because the first shots of the war were fired in the city, the North attacked for years but could not shake the will of the citizens or soldiers who fought overwhelming odds.
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Garden of the Dead: Arlington Cemetery
Episode 20 - 6-29-1994
Learn the story behind how Confederate General Robert E. Lee's home eventually became the official military cemetery of the United States.
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General James Longstreet: Lee’s Prodigal Son
Episode 19 - 6-22-1994
Story of the masterful soldier and aide to Robert E. Lee, whose understanding of warfare foretold its style in the 20th century.
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The Traitor President: Jefferson Davis
Episode 18 - 6-15-1994
The life and times of the former U.S. senator and one-time U.S. secretary of war who, as President of the Confederate States, was tasked with leading the South's war effort.
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War Crimes: The Death Camps
Episode 17 - 6-08-1994
Explore the prisoner camps in both North and South, where captured soldiers suffered from harsh, brutal conditions that often led to death.
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The Secret War: Civil War Spies
Episode 16 - 6-01-1994
During the Civil War, men and women from both the North and South worked as espionage agents, greatly influencing the course of history.
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Terrible Swift Sword: The Union Cavalry
Episode 15 - 5-25-1994
Traces the history of the federal cavalry from its disastrous performance at the beginning of the war to its coming of age at Brandy Station, under leaders like Generals Buford and Sheridan.
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Shadows of Lightning: J.E.B. Stuart & the CSA Cavalry
Episode 14 - 5-18-1994
He was a hero to the South, a terror to the North and an idol to his men. This is the story of a man who led by example and brought honor and glory to his men in one victory after another.
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Zouaves!
Episode 13 - 5-11-1994
The saga of the most flamboyant troops of the Civil War, who modeled themselves after the fierce tribes of Algeria, and used brilliant tactics and dashing drills to fight on both sides.
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The Battles of Franklin & Nashville
Episode 12 - 5-04-1994
The spectacular defeat of the Army of Tennessee in 1864 as Union soldiers held off charging brigades at Franklin, then destroyed Confederate forces as large numbers of civilian spectators looked on.
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Nathan Bedford Forrest
Episode 11 - 4-27-1994
The controversial Confederate Army hero who was called "the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side" by General Sherman, and who later became Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
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Women at War
Episode 10 - 4-20-1994
In the midst of great hardship, women from both the North and South were inspired to join the war effort, taking on surprising new roles either in factories or on the frontline.
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The Battle of Chattanooga
Episode 9 - 4-13-1994
The Battle of Chattanooga (Nov. 23-25, 1863), in which Union troops led by Gens. U.S. Grant and George H. Thomas crushed the Confederates at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. The victory is considered a turning point because it enabled the North to split the eastern part of the Confederacy.
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Reporting the War
Episode 8 - 4-06-1994
How did journalism shatter the romantic notion of war? Explore how the work of Alfred Waud, Winslow Homer, and other talented reporters, artists, and photographers brought tragedy home.
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Frederick Douglass
Episode 7 - 3-30-1994
A profile of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
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The Battle of Fredericksburg
Episode 6 - 3-23-1994
How a bumbling military bureaucracy undermined Union General Ambrose Burnside's strategy, leaving his troops exposed to decimation by Robert E. Lee's Confederate forces.
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Battlefield Medicine
Episode 5 - 3-16-1994
The Civil War soldier's deadliest foe--disease. Typhoid and dysentery claimed more lives than battlefield wounds, and poor diet, unsanitary conditions, and emotional strain took a deadly toll.
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Lincoln & Gettysburg
Episode 4 - 3-09-1994
Chronicling the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg and President Lincoln's celebrated address at the site on Nov. 19 of that year. Included: skirmishes at Little Round Top and Devil's Den; Gen. Pickett's charge on the Union line at Cemetery Ridge.
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General Joshua L. Chamberlain
Episode 3 - 3-02-1994
Find out how a quiet academic from Maine rose to fame on the battlefield, including his heroism at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Sherman and the March to the Sea
Episode 2 - 2-23-1994
From the glow of burning Atlanta to the capture of Savannah, this documentary chronicles the scorched-earth policy of one of the Union's most effective--and feared--generals.
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Robert E. Lee
Episode 1 - 2-16-1994
The legend, the myth, and the reality behind the Confederate leader renowned as much for his exalted character and leadership qualities as his tactical brilliance on the battlefield.
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Season 1
Days of Darkness: Gettysburg Civilians
Episode 13 - 11-24-1993
The battle at Gettysburg affects the townspeople.
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The USS Monitor vs. the CSS Virginia
Episode 12 - 11-17-1993
In March 1862, the North's USS Monitor and the South's CSS Virginia clashed in an inclusive battle. But the ironclads changed naval warfare forever.
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West Point Classmates
Episode 11 - 11-10-1993
Prior to the Civil War, many opposing leaders -- including Gens. Grant an Lee -- were West Point classmates.
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Banners of Glory
Episode 10 - 11-03-1993
An account of how the Union and Confederate flags were not only symbols of pride and nationhood, but also served other important functions during the Civil War.
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Pickett's Charge
Episode 9 - 10-27-1993
Pickett charges Union forces at Gettysburg.
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The Battle of 1st Bull Run
Episode 8 - 10-20-1993
Fought in July 1861, the first major battle of the Civil War introduces both sides to the horrors of war.
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Alexander Gardner: War Photographer
Episode 7 - 10-13-1993
The story of the photographer whose pictures captured bloody battlefield scenes and who actually drew more notice in his time than the legendary Mathew Brady.
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The Gray Ghost: John Singleton Mosby
Episode 6 - 10-06-1993
Dangerous, discreet, and enterprising, Confederate scout and guerrilla raider John Singleton Mosby’s operations embarrassed generals and wreaked havoc through the end of the war.
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The 54th Massachusetts
Episode 5 - 9-29-1993
America's first black regiment, the 54th Massachusetts, fights at Fort Wagner.
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McClellan's Way
Episode 4 - 9-22-1993
The rise and fall of Union Gen. George McClellan, and how his repeated clashes with Abraham Lincoln doomed his leadership of the Union Army.
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Destiny at Ft. Sumter
Episode 3 - 9-15-1993
When President Abraham Lincoln tries to resupply Union soldiers at Fort Sumter in Charleston's harbor, the Confederate response leads to the opening of the Civil War.
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Stonewall Jackson
Episode 2 - 9-08-1993
Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson leads troops at Fredericksburg, both battles at Bull Run, and Chancellorsville.
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John Brown's War
Episode 1 - 9-01-1993
1h 0m
Civil War Journal covers the life and exploits of John Brown. With his revolutionary ideas and actions, he will be one of the catalysts that would lead to the civil war.
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