American Civil War: Brother vs. Brother

Take a new look at great moments in Civil War history through live-film reenactments, the narration of historian James McPherson, and the paintings of artist Mort Kunstler.

Frightened boys became veteran soldiers and the nation learned the horror of a modern war during a shockingly bloody battle that ended all dreams that the Civil War would be over quickly.

Confederate forces under General Albert Johnston caught Union forces by surprise near Shiloh Church. But of the 100,000 men who came to fight this high-stakes battle, over 23,000 would become its casualties.

Explore Civil War naval history and the exploits of the war's greatest naval hero, Lieutenant William B. Cushing.

Discover the truth about the U.S. Army's first black regiment before and after their virtually suicidal assault on Ft. Wagner, South Carolina.

In the midst of great hardship, women from both the North and South were inspired to join the war effort, taking on surprising new roles either in factories or on the frontline.

How did journalism shatter the romantic notion of war? Explore how the work of Alfred Waud, Winslow Homer, and other talented reporters, artists, and photographers brought tragedy home.

Examine the cultural and political tensions that ultimately exploded into the most storied and bloodied war ever fought on U.S. soil and discover how a once-unthinkable war became an inevitable one.

As the scope of the Civil war widened, the ferocity of each battle resulted in horrific casualties. But freedom from slavery did not guarantee equality.

In May 1863, in the wilderness of Virginia, the Union Army launched a massive assault on the Confederates. But what seemed a certain Union victorywas upended by a surprise attack led by General "Stonewall" Jackson.

On December 13, 1862, Union General Ambrose Burnside mounted a massive but futile frontal assault on Confederate troops outside of Fredericksburg, Virginia that became one of the Union Army's worst defeats.

General Robert E. Lee's first invasion into the North ended in the Battle of Antietam, the bloodiest single day in the Civil War. Why was Antietam such a terrible killing field? The latest forensic techniques explore.

Arguably America's greatest general since George Washington, General Robert E. Lee gambled his army and the future of the Confederacy in one epic battle during three bloodiest days in American history.

America enters Reconstruction, but the ttremors of the Civil War can still be felt across the country. Race riots are common, terrorist groups like the Ku Klux Klan form, and some Confederates refuse to release their slaves.

General William Tecumseh Sherman's legacy was built during a five-week campaign of terror known as "total war." Learn how Sherman's March led to Confederate surrender.

Director Vikram Jayanti explores Abraham Lincoln's remarkable rise from humble beginnings to the highest office in the land. Was Abraham Lincoln's lifelong anguish the driving force behind his ultimate transcendence to America's most beloved President? Award-winning director Vikram Jayanti takes a look through Lincoln's eyes on his last day.

A personal look at two iconic leaders of the Civil War. Surprising details reveal the bold choices and almost godlike power Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee summoned on decisive battlefields like Vicksburg and Gettysburg.

This special strips away the romanticized veneer of the Civil War to tell the story of the soldiers on the ground instead of the generals who safely commanded from behind the frontlines.

A look at the Civil War's final days,which forever changed the war's end and the nation's new beginning.

Secret agents and spies during the Civil War waged a hidden war that terrorized civilians on both sides of the Mason-Dixon Line. Revisit the past and learn the untold stories of a brutal, bloody war.

Scientific experts and military historians attempt to better understand the Battle of Gettysburg through evidence that now suggests that as the battle started, the Confederate fight was already doomed.

At the end of the Civil War, the port of Vicksburg on the Mississippi is the last major confederate stronghold. General Grant begins the Vicksburg Campaign to drive the confederacy out of Mississippi.

Despite discrimination on the home front, the 761st Tank Battalion made history during World War II as the first all-black tank unit to see combat.

Confederate General Robert E. Lee has won battle after battle against the Union Army, prompting a frustrated President Lincoln to appoint General George Meade to lead the Union to fight another day.