The Civil War. Disc 2, 1862, Forever Free

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Originally produced in 1989 and broadcast in 1990 as episodes two and three of a nine-program television mini-series.
Set includes booklet (15 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 19 cm.).
Special features: commentary ; battlefield maps ; Civil War challenge, 1862.
1862, a very bloody affair. Prologue -- Politics -- Ironclads -- Lincolnites -- The peninsula -- Our boy -- Shiloh -- The arts of death -- Republics -- On to Richmond -- Credits.
1862, forever free. Prologue -- Stonewall -- The beast -- The seven days -- Kiss Daniel for me -- Saving the Union -- Antietam -- The higher object -- Credits.
Features historians: Shelby Foote, Barbara Fields ; voices: Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, George Plimpton, Garrison Keillor, Studs Terkel, Horton Foote ; narrator: David McCullough.
1862, a very bloody affair (Episode 2): "The war to preserve the Union becomes a war to free the slaves, and political fights become as fierce as those on the battlefield. The chains of slavery begin to crumble while the Confederacy struggles for recognition, and its resourceful army hands the Union critical defeats. New weapons and strategies emerge, as ironclad ships do battle and Ulysses S. Grant wins at Shiloh. With unprecedented ferocity, the age of modern warfare takes hold"--Container.
1862, forever free (Episode 3): "Dark clouds of defeat hover over the Union Army as President Lincoln prepares the landmark Emancipation Proclamation to free the slaves. While Lincoln waits for a victorious moment for this announcement, Union troops lose repeatedly to the brilliant generals Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee. Finally with a victory at Antietam Creek, the bloodiest day of the war gives way to the dawn of emancipation. The definition of freedom in America would never be the same again"--Container.
DVD, region 1, NTSC; full screen presentation; 5.1 surround.

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