The Civil War S01E05 · The Universe of Battle: 1863

Overview

This 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 will fight to the death in the Pennsylvania countryside, culminating in Pickett's legendary charge. This extended episode then goes on to chronicle the fall of Vicksburg, the New York draft riots, the first use of black troops, and the western battles at Chickamauga, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The episode closes with the dedication of a new Union cemetery at Gettysburg in November, where Abraham Lincoln struggles to put into words what is happening to his people.

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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,