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16 paź 2020 · The Civil War is a 1990 American television documentary miniseries created by Ken Burns about the American Civil War. It was first broadcast on PBS on five consecutive nights from September 23 to 28, 1990.
Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes of the war, from the Cotton Kingdom of the South to the northern abolitionists who opposed it.
The Civil War 1861: "The Cause" Ep1 | 1h 40m 58s Find out what caused the war, examining slavery and questions of union and states’ rights.
S1.E7 ∙ Most Hallowed Ground (1864) Wed, Sep 26, 1990. General George McClellan opposes Abraham Lincoln in the 1864 presidential race, sentiment in Union states starts to turn against the war, and Robert E Lee's Arlington estate is transformed into a national cemetery. 8.5/10 (363)
The first episode of Ken Burns' documentary series examines slavery, causes of the war, and key roles of Abraham Lincoln, Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass and Ulysses S. Grant.
23 wrz 1990 · The episode begins with William Tecumseh Sherman's brilliant march to the sea, which brings the war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy. In March, following Lincoln's second inauguration, first Petersburg and then Richmond finally fall to Grant's army.
23 wrz 1990 · This episode begins with the nightmarish Union disaster at Fredericksburg and follows two clashes that spring: at Chancellorsville in May, where Lee wins his most brilliant victory but loses...
