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John Brown: This Guilty Land

Episode number: 1

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

Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins

Episode number: 2

Overview: Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.

Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides

Episode number: 3

Overview: 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.

Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day

Episode number: 4

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

Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire

Episode number: 5

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

Gettysburg: The High Water Mark

Episode number: 6

Overview: 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.

Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War

Episode number: 7

Overview: 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;

Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag

Episode number: 8

Overview: 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;

Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign

Episode number: 9

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

William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War

Episode number: 10

Overview: 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.

John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln

Episode number: 11

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

The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother

Episode number: 12

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