History Channel Documentaries

April 1865: The Month That Saved America (2003x14)

Air date: Apr 21, 2003

This 2-hour documentary is based on the best-selling book by historian Jay Winik. It covers the last few weeks of the Civil War from President Abraham Lincoln’s second inauguration to the surrender at Appomattox; it concludes with the assassination of Lincoln and the final laying down of arms by the Confederacy.