The Ultimate Civil War Series

Name: The Ultimate Civil War Series
Released: 2012-07-24
Rating: 7

2012 · TMDB 7.0/10 (3 votes)

This soon-to-be classic documentary mini-series traces the causes, courses as well as the major events and personalities of the American Civil War. Between 1861 and 1865, this epic American story of struggle and survival was written in blood, and in this series is told mostly from first-hand accounts and in the spoken words of the participants themselves, through their diaries, letters, and memoirs. The series concludes with Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House and the surrender of the western Confederate Army to Sherman in North Carolina in the spring of 1865. It then explores the legacy of slavery and the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country forever.

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About The Ultimate Civil War Series

This soon-to-be classic documentary mini-series traces the causes, courses as well as the major events and personalities of the American Civil War.

Between 1861 and 1865, this epic American story of struggle and survival was written in blood, and in this series is told mostly from first-hand accounts and in the spoken words of the participants themselves, through their diaries, letters, and memoirs.

The series concludes with Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House and the surrender of the western Confederate Army to Sherman in North Carolina in the spring of 1865.

It then explores the legacy of slavery and the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country forever.

Status: Ended
TMDB rating: 7.0/10 from 3 votes
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 7

Seasons and episodes

The latest season with aired episodes is shown first. Specials are kept separate.

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Season 1

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S1 E1Jul 24, 201252 min

Sins of the Fathers

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.

TMDB 5.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E2Jul 31, 201249 min

A Deep, Steady Thunder

The first battles of the war end poorly for the North; the rise of General Lee, and the 1862 invasion of Maryland.

TMDB 8.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E3Aug 7, 201248 min

Days of Infamy

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

TMDB 8.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E4Aug 14, 201248 min

The Turning Points

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.

TMDB 8.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E5Aug 21, 201249 min

Not War, but Murder

Grant takes command and begins attacking Lee in Virginia; battles take place at Chattanooga, Chickamauga, Cold Harbor, The Wilderness and Petersburg.

TMDB 8.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E6Aug 28, 201254 min

The Killing Fields

Battles for Petersburg - The Crater. The futile fights of Franklin and Nashville in Tennessee. The Battle of Five Forks shatters Lee’s Army.

TMDB 8.0/10 from 1 votes

S1 E7Sep 4, 201252 min

New Birth of Freedom

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.

TMDB 5.0/10 from 1 votes