S1E2
A Very Bloody Affair: 1862
The Civil War · 1990-09-24 · 69 min
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what happens
1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. Episode Two begins with the political infighting that threatened to swamp Lincoln's administration and then follows Union General George McClellan's ill-fated campaign on the Virginia Peninsula, where his huge army meets a smaller but infinitely more resourceful Confederate force. During this episode we witness the battle of ironclad ships, partake of camp life, and watch slavery begin to crumble. We meet Ulysses S. Grant, whose exploits come to a bloody climax at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee. The episode ends with rumors of Europe's readiness to recognize the Confederacy.
nobody has mapped this one
We draw an episode's shape from public discussion of it, and there isn't enough about this one to draw anything honest. Forty-five seconds with the dial and it has a curve.
rate S1E2 →who made it
- directed
- Ken Burns
- written
- Ken Burns, Geoffrey C. Ward
guest cast
Billed for this episode only — the turn people remember an episode for.
Abraham Lincoln as Self (archive footage)- RRobert E. Lee as Self (archive footage)
Frederick Douglass as Self (archive footage)