Legends & Lies

Mar 25, 2018 · 1h

Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.

Apr 1, 2018 · 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.

Apr 8, 2018 · 1h

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.

Apr 15, 2018 · 1h

Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.

Apr 22, 2018 · 1h

A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.

Apr 29, 2018 · 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.

May 6, 2018 · 1h

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;

May 13, 2018 · 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;

May 20, 2018 · 1h

George McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;

May 27, 2018 · 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.

Jun 3, 2018 · 1h

John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;

Jun 10, 2018 · 1h

The defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;