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S01E02: A Very Bloody Affair: 18621862 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.
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Air Date:
Sep 24, 1990
Runtime:
69 minutes
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Casts:
David McCullough, Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Paul Roebling, Garrison Keillor, George Black, Arthur Miller, Christopher Murney, Charles McDowell, Horton Foote, George Plimpton, Philip Bosco, Terry Courier, Jody Powell, Studs Terkel, Hoyt Axton, John Hartford, Colleen Dewhurst, Shelby Foote, Ronnie Gilbert, Jeremy Irons, Gene Jones, Derek Jacobi, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Pamela Reed, M. Emmet Walsh
