The American Civil War
A Union Divided
4 x 48 minute episodes
During four dark years of bitter and bloody
fighting between the northern and southern states, more than six
hundred thousand troops lost their lives. The country was torn apart as
the military, political and ideological struggle dragged on and on. For
those who lived through it, life would never be the same again.
From the fateful shots fired at Fort Sumter in 1861
to the emotional Confederate surrender at Appomattox Court House in
1865, ‘The American Civil War – A Union Divided’
tells the full powerful story of the conflict that scarred the soul of
a nation.
Series features:
• Superb battle reconstructions
• Atmospheric period recreations
• 3D computer animated graphics to illustrate
battlefield layout and terrain and to explain battle tactics
• Rare photographic images
• New footage from the battlefields and key
civil war sites
• Comment and analysis by a team of leading
civil war historians
Episodes
1. Road to Fort Sumter
The nation divides and the countdown to the most
bitter and bloody episode in American history begins.
2. The Early Years
With all hope of peace now gone the only common
ground is the battlefield.
3. Total War
With no end to the fighting in sight the war
drags on into another year, 1863. But the tide is about to turn.
4. Twilight of the Confederacy
Three years into the bloody conflict but six
hundred and twenty thousand men will lose their lives before it is
ended.
