Civil War Combat: America's Bloodiest Battles

  • : 2000
  • : 12
  • : 0
  • History
  • Documentary History War

:

.

1
1x1
The Hornets' Nest at Shiloh
Episode overview
25, 2000
In the winter of 1862, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant marched into Southern Tennessee to secure the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers and provide troop reinforcements. Aware .. show full overview
1x2
The Bloody Lane at Antietam
Episode overview
25, 2000
In September of 1862, Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee invaded the North for the first time. His advance was blocked by Union troops in a battle fought near a small .. show full overview
1x3
The Wheatfield at Gettysburg
Episode overview
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 .. show full overview
1x4
The Tragedy at Cold Harbor
Episode overview
25, 2000
Relentlessly pursuing Lee's forces, Grant finally caught up with him outside of Richmond, Virginia, and sent his troops into what some called a suicidal assault against the .. show full overview
1x5
The Battle Of First Manassas
Episode overview
02, 2002
In 1861, the first major battle of the Civil War was fought. 35,000 Northerners marched to Manassas, Virginia to challenge 20,000 Southerners. By the next day, 5,000 men were dead and .. show full overview
1x6
Battle of Fredericksburg
Episode overview
03, 2002
On December 13, 1862, Union General Ambrose Burnside mounted a massive but futile frontal assault on Confederate troops outside of Fredericksburg, Virginia that became one of the Union Army's worst defeats.
1x7
The Battle of Chancellorsville
Episode overview
04, 2002
In May 1863, in the wilderness of Virginia, the Union Army launched a massive assault on the Confederates. But what seemed a certain Union victory was upended by a surprise attack led by General "Stonewall" Jackson.
1x8
Little Round Top At Gettysburg
Episode overview
05, 2002
Gettysburg climaxes on a rocky hillside known as Little Round Top. Heroes born of the bloody battle include Strong Vincent, Patrick O'Roarke, Gouverneur K. Warren, and Joshua Chamberlain.
1x9
Culp's Hill at Gettysburg
Episode overview
11, 2003
In one of the most crucial engagements of the Civil War, Confederates struggle to gain control of Culp's Hill, a critical Union position that if lost could turn the tide of the war itself.
1x10
The Battle Of Chickamauga
Episode overview
11, 2003
The Union Army wages a bloody campaign at Chickamauga on their path to capture the key railroad hub of Chattanooga.
1x11
The Crater At Petersburg
Episode overview
11, 2003
As Lee and Grant face off outside Petersburg, the Union Army lauches an audacious—and doomed—plan to dig a crater beneath Confederate forces.
1x12
The Battle Of Franklin
Episode overview
11, 2003
Confederate forces under John Bell Hood launch a series of failed assaults on Franklin, Tennessee, leading to one of the worst Confederate loses of the war.