About this season
Longtime Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly serves as an executive producer of this adaptation of the "Legends & Lies" book series. The documentary series explores the stories behind events and the notable historical figures involved. Historical re-enactments and analysis from historians and other experts are used to bring viewers details about the topic discussed in each episode.
Episodes (12)
1. John Brown: This Guilty Land
Aired 25 March 2018 • 60 min
Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.
2. Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins
Aired 1 April 2018 • 60 min
Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.
3. Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides
Aired 8 April 2018 • 60 min
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.
4. Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day
Aired 15 April 2018 • 60 min
Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.
5. Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire
Aired 22 April 2018 • 60 min
A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.
6. Gettysburg: The High Water Mark
Aired 29 April 2018 • 60 min
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.
7. Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War
Aired 6 May 2018 • 60 min
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;
8. Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag
Aired 13 May 2018 • 60 min
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;
9. Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign
Aired 20 May 2018 • 60 min
George McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;
10. William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War
Aired 27 May 2018 • 60 min
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.
11. John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln
Aired 3 June 2018 • 60 min
John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;
12. The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother
Aired 10 June 2018 • 60 min
The defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;