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- Season 1 The Cause: 1861
- Season 1 A Very Bloody Affair: 1862
- Season 1 Forever Free: 1862
- Season 1 Simply Murder: 1863
- Season 1 The Universe of Battle: 1863
- Season 1 Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864
- Season 1 Most Hallowed Ground: 1864
- Season 1 War is All Hell: 1865
- Season 1 The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865
The Civil War - Season 1 Episode 5 The Universe of Battle: 1863
8.10 76 minutes This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of war: the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest ever fought in the Western Hemisphere. For three days 150,000 men will fight to the death in the Pennsylvania countryside, culminating in Pickett's legendary charge. This extended episode then goes on to chronicle the fall of Vicksburg, the New York draft riots, the first use of black troops, and the western battles at Chickamauga, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The episode closes with the dedication of a new Union cemetery at Gettysburg in November, where Abraham Lincoln struggles to put into words what is happening to his people.
