The Civil War: A Very Bloody Affair (1862) - Episode 2

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The year 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. This program 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 and Ulysses S. Grant's costly victory at the Battle of Shiloh. The episode ends with rumors of Europe's readiness to recognize the Confederacy
Battle Hymn of the Republic: Anthem of the Union (1:16)
A Nation Torn in Two (2:29)
Lincoln's Cause Becomes Clear (1:08)
A Union Soldier's Story (1:21)
Chains of Command (1:32)
Mud, Mud, Mud: Washington D.C. 1862 (1:10)
A Team of Rivals: Lincoln's Executive Cabinet (1:08)
General George McClellan (2:40)
Death of Lincoln's Son (1:18)
Ironclads (3:18)
Epic Battle of Ironclads (1:41)
Lincolnites (3:11)
Peninsula Campaign (3:01)
Preparing for the Siege of Yorktown (2:20)
Life of the Average Soldier (4:08)
Encampment at Pittsburgh Landing (2:11)
Gen. Johnston Attacks (2:02)
Hornet's Nest (2:37)
Battle of Shiloh (4:47)
Arts of Death (3:39)
Relieved of Command (2:20)
Frederick Douglass (1:47)
Union Naval Strategy (2:55)
Confederate War Effort (3:21)
Civil War Balloons (1:20)
McClellan Moves on to Richmond (3:24)
Slavery: The Guilty Cause (1:25)

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