River of Death / American Public Television.

Narrated by Emmy-nominated actress Elizabeth McGovern (Downton Abbey), "Civil War: the Untold Story" provides new insights into the causes of the Civil War, life on the home front, the politics of war, the issue of slavery, and the relatively unheralded role African Americans played in the conflict....

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: American Public Television
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase
Other Authors: McGovern, Elizabeth, 1961-
Language:English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2014], ©2013.
Series:Films on Demand.
Civil War: The untold story.
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Physical Description:1 online resource (54 min.)) : sound, color.
Format: Electronic Video
Contents:
  • Emancipation Proclamation (0:44)
  • Changing Civil War Mission (1:06)
  • Late 1862 Events (2:18)
  • Union Slave States (2:10)
  • Lincoln's Constitutional Argument (2:36)
  • Freedom to Fight (2:03)
  • Battle of Chancellorsville (1:56)
  • Mississippi River and Civil War (2:15)
  • Vicksburg's Strategic Value (2:20)
  • Vicksburg Campaign (2:06)
  • Blocking Vicksburg (0:52)
  • Battle of Champion Hill (2:29)
  • Siege of Vicksburg (4:36)
  • Battle of Gettysburg (2:10)
  • Vicksburg Defeat (3:00)
  • Defending Tennessee (2:41)
  • Confederate Conscription Act (1:52)
  • Chattanooga Campaign (3:37)
  • Chattanooga Chess Game (1:51)
  • Battle of Chickamauga Day 1 (3:10)
  • Chaotic Combat Conditions (2:29)
  • Immigrants in the Union Army (1:47)
  • Western Campaign's Decisive Battle (2:00)
  • Credits: River of Death (1:21)