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Broadcast date
2018-03-25 • 12 episodes
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Season 2
Episodes of this season
1. John Brown: This Guilty Land
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2018-03-25
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1h
Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.
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2. Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins
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2018-04-01
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1h
Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.
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3. Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides
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2018-04-08
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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.
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4. Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day
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2018-04-15
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1h
Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.
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5. Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire
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2018-04-22
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1h
A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.
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6. Gettysburg: The High Water Mark
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2018-04-29
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1h
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.
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7. Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War
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2018-05-06
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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;
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8. Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag
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2018-05-13
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1h
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;
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9. Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign
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2018-05-20
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1h
George McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;
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10. William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War
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2018-05-27
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1h
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.
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11. John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln
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2018-06-03
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1h
John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;
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12. The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother
End of season •
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2018-06-10
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1h
The defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;
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