American Civil War (2018)
Episodes: 12
Star Cast:
Episodes List
Ep.1 John Brown: This Guilty Land
Air Date: 2018-03-25
Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.
Ep.2 Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins
Air Date: 2018-04-01
Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.
Ep.3 Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides
Air Date: 2018-04-08
Robert E. Lee, who once turned down command of Northern forces, becomes the top Confederate general; Ulysses S. Grant scores Union victories in the West.
Ep.4 Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day
Air Date: 2018-04-15
Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.
Ep.5 Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire
Air Date: 2018-04-22
A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.
Ep.6 Gettysburg: The High Water Mark
Air Date: 2018-04-29
The North turns back the South's invasion; a heroic bayonet charge led by Maine's Joshua Chamberlain; the doomed Confederate charge led by Gen. George Pickett.
Ep.7 Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War
Air Date: 2018-05-06
Once drummed out of the army for drinking, Ulysses S. Grant earns his place as the North's best general; the Union's first black regiment marches into battle;
Ep.8 Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag
Air Date: 2018-05-13
A U.S. senator, war hero, and presidential aspirant who has much in common with Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis answers the call to lead the Confederate States of America;
Ep.9 Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign
Air Date: 2018-05-20
George McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;
Ep.10 William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War
Air Date: 2018-05-27
Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta and marches to the sea; Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.
Ep.11 John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln
Air Date: 2018-06-03
John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;
Ep.12 The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother
Air Date: 2018-06-10
The defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;