Summary: This video is part of an acclaimed series from The History Channel that chronicles the American Civil War. The series uses archival photographs, diaries, articles, reenactments, and scholarly commentary to tell the story of the War Between the States. This program profiles the Confederate soldier John Singleton Mosby, who attained mythical status with his skill in guerilla warfare, which...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The History Channel's acclaimed series, Civil War Journal, takes viewers beyond the battles and into the personal stories of the War Between the States. Drawing on diaries, photographs and dramatic re-enactments, the intimate side of the epic conflict is exposed. This episode follows as artist correspondents Alfred Waud and Winslow Homer document the war with sketches and paintings, and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The History Channel's acclaimed series, Civil War Journal, takes viewers beyond the battles and into the personal stories of the War Between the States. Drawing on diaries, photographs and dramatic re-enactments, the intimate side of the epic conflict is exposed. This program profiles young men who rose to high rank in the Civil War.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6 - 7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing on the west bank of the river. Confederate forces under...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Commentary from leading historians are combined with eyewitness testimony and dramatic reenactments of Civil War battles to tell the tragic story of the battle of Antietam, which was fought on September 17, 1862. Eleven hours of fighting produced over 23,000 Union and Confederate casualties, the bloodiest single day of the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The History Channel's acclaimed series, Civil War Journal, takes viewers beyond the battles and into the personal stories of the War Between the States. Drawing on diaries, photographs and dramatic re-enactments, the intimate side of the epic conflict is exposed. This program chronicles the mass destruction as industrial-age weapons first appear on Civil War battlefields.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The History Channel's acclaimed series, Civil War Journal, takes viewers beyond the battles and into the personal stories of the War Between the States. Drawing on diaries, photographs and dramatic re-enactments, the intimate side of the epic conflict is exposed. This episode chronicles how the Union Cavalry begins its crusade disastrously.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The Battle of Franklin was fought on November 30, 1864, at Franklin, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. It was one of the worst disasters of the war for the Confederate States Army. Confederate Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee conducted numerous frontal assaults against fortified positions occupied by the Union forces under Maj. Gen. John...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The History Channel's acclaimed series, Civil War Journal, takes viewers beyond the battles and into the personal stories of the War Between the States. Drawing on diaries, photographs and dramatic re-enactments, the intimate side of the epic conflict is exposed. This episode looks at the unconventional volunteer troops known as Zouaves who copied their light infantry tactics, drills, daring,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point of the American Civil War. During this program viewers face the questions that could win or lose the war from the viewpoint of commanding generals Lee and Meade.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The History Channel's acclaimed series, Civil War Journal, takes viewers beyond the battles and into the personal stories of the War Between the States. Drawing on diaries, photographs and dramatic re-enactments, the intimate side of the epic conflict is exposed. This program covers the Battle of Antietam which was fought on September 17, 1862. Eleven hours of fighting produced over 23,000...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Union officer Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain achieved fame at the Battle of Gettysburg for his valiant defense of a hill named Little Round Top. For his gallantry, he was awarded the Medal of Honor and given the honor of commanding the Union troops at the surrender ceremony for the infantry of Robert E. Lee's Army at Appomattox, Virginia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: Also known as the Mexican - American war, it was an armed conflict from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. Follow this program as American forces invade and conquer New Mexico, California, and parts of what is currently northern Mexico, while another American army captures Mexico City...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: This program examines the friction caused by westward expansion of white settlers from the colonial period through the 19th century and the near obliteration of America's indigenous population and their culture.
Format: software, multimedia
Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011