The Civil War S01E04 · Simply Murder: 1863

Overview

The nightmarish Union disaster at Fredericksburg comes to two climaxes that spring: at Chancellorsville in May, where Lee wins his most brilliant victory but loses Stonewall Jackson; and at Vicksburg, where Grant's attempts to take the city by siege are stopped. During the episode we learn of fierce Northern opposition to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the miseries of regimental life and the increasing desperation of the Confederate homefront. As the episode ends, Lee decides to invade the North again to draw Grant's forces away from Vicksburg.

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1. 1 1. The Cause: 18611990-09-23 · 1h 40mBeginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war, from the Cotton Kingdom of the South to the northern abolitionists who
2. 2 2. A Very Bloody Affair: 18621990-09-24 · 1h 9m1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. Episode Two begins with the political infigh
3. 3 3. Forever Free: 18621990-09-24 · 1h 17mThis episode charts the dramatic events that led to Lincoln's decision to set the slaves free. Convinced by July 1862 that emancipation was now morally and militarily crucial to th
4. 4 4. Simply Murder: 18631990-09-25 · 1h 3mThe nightmarish Union disaster at Fredericksburg comes to two climaxes that spring: at Chancellorsville in May, where Lee wins his most brilliant victory but loses Stonewall Jackso
5. 5 5. The Universe of Battle: 18631990-09-25 · 1h 37mThis episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of war: the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest ever fought in the Western Hemisphere. For three days 150,000 men wil
6. 6 6. Valley of the Shadow of Death: 18641990-09-26 · 1h 11mEpisode six begins with a biographical comparison of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee and then chronicles the extraordinary series of battles that pitted the two generals against
7. 7 7. Most Hallowed Ground: 18641990-09-26 · 1h 13mThe episode begins with the presidential election of 1864 that sets Abraham Lincoln against his old commanding general, George McClellan. The stakes are nothing less than the survi
8. 8 8. War Is All Hell: 18651990-09-27 · 1h 10mThe episode begins with William Tecumseh Sherman's brilliant march to the sea, which brings the war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy.
9. 9 9. The Better Angels of Our Nature: 18651990-09-27 · 1h 10mThis extraordinary final episode of The Civil War begins in the bittersweet aftermath of Lee's surrender and then goes on to narrate the horrendous events of five days later when,