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 All times Eastern Time Zone. PBS shows may show different days depending on region.
  • The Civil War - The Cause---1861   Sun,Apr 3 8:00pm   PBS   “1861---The Cause,” recalls slavery; the abolitionist movement; the firing on Fort Sumter; the formation of Union and Confederate armies; and the first Battle of Bull Run (Manassas). Voices include Sam Waterston (Lincoln), Morgan Freeman (Frederick Douglass) and George Plimpton (George Templeton Strong). David McCullough narrates.

  • The Civil War - A Very Bloody Affair---1862; Forever Free---1862   Mon,Apr 4 8:00pm   PBS   1862...Parts 2 and 3 examine the naval clash of ironclads; the battles of Shiloh and Antietam; the Emancipation Proclamation; and Mathew Brady photos. David McCullough is the narrator.

  • Civil War Journal - Iron Jaws: The Power of Civil War Weapons   Tue,Apr 5 7:00am   History   Civil War weaponry, and the technological advances that made it more accurate, powerful and deadly. Included: cannons, siege guns and artillery.

  • The Civil War - Simply Murder---1863; Universe of Battle---1863   Tue,Apr 5 8:00pm   PBS   1863...Parts 4 and 5 cover the battles of Chancellorsville, Vicksburg and Gettysburg; the first use of black soldiers; Lincoln's Gettysburg address (spoken by Sam Waterston). David McCullough is the narrator.

  • The Valley of the Shadow of Death---1864; Most Hallowed Ground---1864   Wed,Apr 6 8:00pm   PBS   1864...Parts 6 and 7 include Grant and Lee profiles; Sherman (voice of Arthur Miller) moving on Atlanta; battles from the Wilderness to Petersburg in Virginia; conditions in hospitals and prison camps. David McCullough narrates.

  • The Civil War - War Is All Hell---1865; Better Angels of Our Nature   Thu,Apr 7 8:00pm   PBS   1865...Part 8 and the conclusion: Sherman marches to the sea; Richmond falls; Lee surrenders at Appomattox; Lincoln is assassinated. Also: reflections on the war by historians.

  • The Civil War - The Cause---1861   Sun,Apr 9 4:00pm   PBS   “1861---The Cause,” recalls slavery; the abolitionist movement; the firing on Fort Sumter; the formation of Union and Confederate armies; and the first Battle of Bull Run (Manassas). Voices include Sam Waterston (Lincoln), Morgan Freeman (Frederick Douglass) and George Plimpton (George Templeton Strong). David McCullough narrates.

  • The Civil War - A Very Bloody Affair---1862; Forever Free---1862   Mon,Apr 9 6:00pm   PBS   1862...Parts 2 and 3 examine the naval clash of ironclads; the battles of Shiloh and Antietam; the Emancipation Proclamation; and Mathew Brady photos. David McCullough is the narrator.

  • The Civil War - War Is All Hell---1865; Better Angels of Our Nature   Thu,Apr 10 3:30pm   PBS   1865...Part 8 and the conclusion: Sherman marches to the sea; Richmond falls; Lee surrenders at Appomattox; Lincoln is assassinated. Also: reflections on the war by historians.

  • Civil Warriors - Families at War   Mon,Apr 11 8:00pm   Nat'l Geographic   The story of a black soldier who fought for the Union Army during the Civil War is recounted by one of his descendants.

  • Civil Warriors - Free at Last   Mon,Apr 11 9:00pm   Nat'l Geographic   A descendant of Frederick Douglas and Booker T. Washington shares never-before-seen letters written by the Civil War heroes. Also: a woman travels from Missouri to New York to learn about her ancestor, Abigail Hopper Gibbons, a well-known Civil War nurse.

  • Civil Warriors - The Hard War     Mon,Apr 11 10:00pm    Nat'l Geographic   The great-great-grandson of a Civil War surgeon travels to Gettysburg to better understand what life was like for doctors on the front line. Also: a woman finds out how enslaved ancestors escaped to freedom.

  • Civil Warriors - Families at War   Mon,Apr 11 11:00pm   Nat'l Geographic   The story of a black soldier who fought for the Union Army during the Civil War is recounted by one of his descendants.

  • Civil Warriors - Free at Last   Mon,Apr 11 12:00am   Nat'l Geographic   A descendant of Frederick Douglas and Booker T. Washington shares never-before-seen letters written by the Civil War heroes. Also: a woman travels from Missouri to New York to learn about her ancestor, Abigail Hopper Gibbons, a well-known Civil War nurse.

  • Civil Warriors - The Hard War     Mon,Apr 11 1:00am    Nat'l Geographic   The great-great-grandson of a Civil War surgeon travels to Gettysburg to better understand what life was like for doctors on the front line. Also: a woman finds out how enslaved ancestors escaped to freedom.

  • Civil War Journal - Sherman and the March to the Sea   Tue,Apr 12 7:00am   History   Profiled: Union general William Tecumseh Sherman, whose marches across Georgia (1864) and the Carolinas (1865) weakened the South militarily and economically. Included: the burning of Atlanta; the capture of Savannah.