• 2000
Civil War Combat: America's Bloodiest Battles

Summary The names are familiar, the stories have been told - or so we think. This groundbreaking series brings four of the most famous engagements of the Civil War to life like never before. Unflinching, uncompromising and graphic, the images and stories presented here show these battles for what they were, with all their brutality, horror, devastation and desperation. View more details

  • 2000

Civil War Combat: America's Bloodiest Battles

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Tony Jay Ed Mantell Jeremiah Hornbaker Scott Hartwig

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8.6

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Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Feb 21, 2000

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Greystone Communications

Summary The names are familiar, the stories have been told - or so we think. This groundbreaking series brings four of the most famous engagements of the Civil War to life like never before. Unflinching, uncompromising and graphic, the images and stories presented here show these battles for what they were, with all their brutality, horror, devastation and desperation. View more details

Details

Genres : History War Documentary

Release date : Feb 21, 2000

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Production companies : Greystone Communications

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Episode 1 • Feb 21, 2000
The Wheatfield at Gettysburg
Episode 2 • Feb 22, 2000
The Bloody Lane at Antietam
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. Visit the scene of the most concentrated fury of that day, on a narrow country road forever after called "Bloody Lane".
Episode 3 • Feb 23, 2000
The Hornets Nest at Shiloh
On April 6, 1862, Confederate forces under General Albert Johnston caught Union forces by surprise near Shiloh Church. The battle culminated in an area along an abandoned wagon road later dubbed 'The Hornet's Nest' due to the ferocity of the fighting.
Episode 4 • Feb 24, 2000
The Tragedy at Cold Harbor
In 1864, General Grant doggedly pursued Lee's forces. On June 3, the two sides met at Cold Harbor, a crossroads near Richmond, where Grant hurled his men against entrenched breastworks, losing 7,000 in 20 minutes. Fighting on, he won victory 10 months later. Hastening the South's end, Cold Harbor ushered in an era of trench warfare.
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