Civil War Combat: America's Bloodiest Battles

The Wheatfield at Gettysburg (1x3)

Air date: Feb 25, 2000

Determined to bring the fighting to the North, General Robert E. Lee launched an attack on the Union in Pennsylvania. When the two armies clashed near Gettysburg, the battle of 'The Wheatfield' saw soldiers fighting literally hand-to-hand. This battle remains one of the most dramatic scenes in American military history.