The Ultimate Civil War Series — Season 1, Episode 1: Sins of the Fathers
Documentary • 52 min • 1 season, 7 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
The Road to Civil War, battles over Slavery turn violent in Kansas and Harper's Ferry; the election of Lincoln, Secession, Fort Sumter and the First Battle of Manassas.
About The Ultimate Civil War Series
This soon-to-be classic documentary mini-series traces the causes, courses as well as the major events and personalities of the American Civil War. Between 1861 and 1865, this epic American story of struggle and survival was written in blood, and in this series is told mostly from first-hand accounts and in the spoken words of the participants themselves, through their diaries, letters, and memoirs. The series concludes with Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House and the surrender of the western Confederate Army to Sherman in North Carolina in the spring of 1865. It then explores the legacy of slavery and the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country forever.