The American Civil War

The American Civil War « Series from 2023

Series from 2023

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Genres: Documentary

In 48 masterful episodes, leading Civil War historian Professor Gary W. Gallagher explains both the strategy and battles of the war as well as its effects on all Americans.

You'll learn how armies were recruited, equipped, and trained. You'll learn about the hard lot of prisoners. And you'll hear how soldiers on both sides dealt with the rigors of camp life, campaigns, and the terror of combat.

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Prelude to War

The Election of 1860

The Lower South Secedes

The Crisis at Fort Sumter

The Opposing Sides, I

The Opposing Sides, II

The Common Soldier

First Manassas or Bull Run

Contending for the Border States

Early Union Triumphs in the West

Shiloh and Corinth

The Peninsula Campaign

The Seven Days' Battles

The Kentucky Campaign of 1862

Antietam

The Background to Emancipation

Emancipation Completed

Filling the Ranks

Sinews of War—Finance and Supply

The War in the West, Winter 1862–63

The War in Virginia, Winter and Spring 1862–63

Gettysburg

Vicksburg, Port Hudson, and Tullahoma

A Season of Uncertainty, Summer and Fall 1863

Grant at Chattanooga