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The Civil War

Season 1 Episode 4: Simply Murder (1863)

Exploring Northern opposition to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the Union disaster at Fredericksburg that prefaced further successes for the Confederacy at Chancellorsville before Lee again invaded the North.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 1 The Cause (1861)

1. The Cause (1861)

Aired: Sep 23, 1990

Examining the causes of the American Civil War, beginning with a searing indi...

Episode 3 Forever Free (1862)

3. Forever Free (1862)

Aired: Sep 24, 1990

After years spent waiting for a Union victory over the Confederacy, Lincoln i...

Episode 4 Simply Murder (1863)

4. Simply Murder (1863)

Aired: Sep 25, 1990

Exploring Northern opposition to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the ...

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Network: PBS

Genres:War, Documentary, History

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