S1 E1: The Wheatfield At Gettysburg
In 1862, General Grant advanced into Tennessee, aiming to capture its vital waterways. On April 6, Confederate forces under General Albert Johnston caught Union forces by surprise near Shiloh Church.
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The Confederate forces caught Union forces by surprise at Shiloh Church in Tennessee.
Cast: Brian Merrick, Gary W. Gallagher, Robert K. Krick
Director: Brad Graham, Robert M. Wise, Craig Haffner
In 1862, General Grant advanced into Tennessee, aiming to capture its vital waterways. On April 6, Confederate forces under General Albert Johnston caught Union forces by surprise near Shiloh Church.
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In September 1862, Robert E. Lee invaded the North for the first time and met the Union army along the banks of Maryland's Antietam Creek, which became the sight of the bloodiest single day in U.S. military history.
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In 1864, General Grant doggedly pursued Lee's forces and met at Cold Harbor.
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On July 21, 1861, the first major battle of the Civil War was fought. 35,000 Northerners marched to Manassas, Virginia to challenge more than 20,000 Southerners.
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On December 13, 1862, Union General Ambrose Burnside mounted a massive, yet futile frontal assault on Robert E. Lee's Confederate troops outside of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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On the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the fighting climaxed on a rocky hillside known as Little Round Top. Heroes and legends were born out of the bloody battle.
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It was one of the most crucial engagements of the Civil War--a brutal series of attacks and counterattacks during the epic Battle of Gettysburg.
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In September 1863, along the Chickamauga River in northern Georgia, the Union and Confederate Armies battled to the death.
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During the epic siege at Petersburg, Virginia, the Union forces hatched a daring plan. They dug directly beneath the Rebel forces and exploded four tons of black powder, creating a massive crater!
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On November 30, 1864, Union General John M. Schofield's weary army retreated to a farm in Franklin, Tennessee.
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