Remastered | Gloucester Point | Sewell's Point
In the weeks after Fort Sumter, the Union Navy moved to close the Chesapeake Bay and cut Virginia off from the sea. At Gloucester Point and Sewell’s Point, unfinished Confederate batteries faced Union...
2 Loka 40min
Behind The Battles | Benjamin Butler | The Union's Most Controversial General
Benjamin Butler was one of the Civil War’s most controversial figures. A failed battlefield commander who became “Beast Butler” in the South, helped turn escaped slaves into free people, ruled New Orl...
25 Syys 1h 22min
Behind the Battles | The 20th Maine Infantry Regiment
The 20th Maine is remembered for its desperate stand and bayonet charge at Little Round Top, but its story stretched far beyond Gettysburg. Follow the regiment from its formation in 1862 through Frede...
18 Syys 1h 1min
Behind The Battles | The Red River Campaign | A Complete Failure
The Red River Campaign was supposed to crush Confederate resistance in Louisiana and capture Shreveport. Instead, poor planning, divided command, and one devastating defeat turned it into a complete d...
11 Syys 1h 18min
Remastered | Fort Sumter
Fort Sumter was more than the first battle of the American Civil War. It was the breaking point that turned months of secession, threats, and failed negotiations into open war. Follow Major Robert And...
4 Syys 35min
Behind The Battles | John Brown Gordon
Shot 5 times at Antietam, John Brown Gordon rose from an untrained captain to one of Robert E. Lee’s last corps commanders. But his controversial postwar life left behind a legacy far darker than his ...
28 Elo 1h 38min
Behind The Battles | Jackson's Flank Attack
Stonewall Jackson’s legendary flank attack shattered the Union XI Corps at Chancellorsville, but his greatest triumph would also become his last.
21 Elo 48min
