From: Netflix on Wed, Aug 05 2009 10:53 PM

Learn the personal stories of famous Civil War leaders such as Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson and William Tecumseh Sherman. This historical documentary explores some of the complex reasons behind these commanders' biggest decisions during the war. Stories include Sherman’s destructive 300...

From: Netflix on Wed, Aug 05 2009 10:47 PM

The immediate prelude and first months of America’s bloody Civil War are the topic of this compelling chronicle that covers John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, the war's opening shots at Fort Sumter and its first major battle at Bull Run. Hosted by Danny Glover, this installment ...

From: Netflix on Wed, Aug 05 2009 7:14 PM

The sorrowful and sanguine final days of the American Civil War are the focus of this documentary produced for the A&E Channel. General Robert E. Lee’s retreat westward from Petersburg (with the battles of Five Forks and Sailor's Creek and the eventual surrender to General Ulysses S. Grant a...

From: Netflix on Wed, Aug 05 2009 6:58 PM

Using interviews with Civil War experts, re-enactment footage and stirring recitations of correspondence and diaries, Civil War Combat brings to life the most crucial conflicts of the War Between the States. These encounters played a seminal role in deciding the result of America’s most devastat...

From: Netflix on Wed, Aug 05 2009 6:58 PM

Using interviews with Civil War experts, re-enactment footage and stirring recitations of correspondence and diaries, Civil War Combat brings to life the most crucial conflicts of the War Between the States. These encounters played a seminal role in deciding the result of America’s most devastat...

From: Netflix on Wed, Aug 05 2009 6:51 PM

In the late 19th century, the United States was halved by a mechanized battle known as the American Civil War. Learn about some of the most famous conflicts fought between the Union Army (aka the North) and the Confederates (aka the South): Gettysburg, Bull Run and the bloodiest of them all, Ant...

From: Netflix on Wed, Aug 05 2009 5:54 PM

Emphasizing the Confederate experience in the Civil War, this documentary reveals little-known facts and stories about the war’s major Confederate players. Experience soldiers' stories in their own words and explore how the war influenced their lives. Discover why few photographs exist of G...

From: Netflix on Wed, Aug 05 2009 5:54 PM

Emphasizing the Confederate experience in the Civil War, this documentary reveals little-known facts and stories about the war’s major Confederate players. Experience soldiers' stories in their own words and explore how the war influenced their lives. Discover why few photographs exist of G...

From: Netflix on Wed, Aug 05 2009 5:50 PM

This documentary masterpiece from Ken Burns depicts the strategies and action of famous Civil War battles, and relates the stories of generals, field soldiers, politicians, heroes and a beleaguered president. The Emmy-winning miniseries begins by looking at the factors that led to the firing on ...

From: Netflix on Tue, Jul 21 2009 3:16 AM

Set against a meeting among renowned storyteller Ambrose Bierce (Campbell Scott), novelist Gertrude Atherton (Vivian Schilling) and William Randolph Hearst (Nathan Darrow), Bierce’s tragic Civil War stories play out with epic battles and engrossing plot twists. A traitor faces hanging in "An Occ...

From: Netflix on Sun, Jul 19 2009 1:12 AM

A hundred years in the making, civilization’s demand for fossil fuel has contributed to a global warming crisis, and this warning documentary reveals evidence of the damage in the United States. Heat waves, devastating storms, liquefying glaciers, the rise of sea level and circulation of disease...

From: Netflix on Thu, Jul 16 2009 1:42 PM

This documentary provides a tour of more than 25 Civil War battlefields, including Fort Moultrie, Fort Sumter, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Antietam National Battlefield, Gettysburg National Military Park, Shiloh National Military Park and many more. Get a closer look at what life was lik...

From: Netflix on Wed, Jul 15 2009 8:59 PM

Based on Joy Hakim’s book series A History of US and narrated by Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, Michael Douglas, Anthony Hopkins, Samuel L. Jackson, Susan Sarandon and Martin Sheen, this documentary explores America as a country forged and founded on the principles of liberty, justice and freedom for ...