The Civil War: the Better Angels of Our Nature (1865) - Episode 9

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This extraordinary final episode of The Civil War begins in the bittersweet aftermath of Lee's surrender and goes on to narrate the terrible events of five days later when, on April 14, Lincoln was assassinated. After chronicling Lincoln's poignant funeral, the program then recounts the final days of the war, the capture of John Wilkes Booth, and the fates of the Civil War's major protagonists. The consequences and meaning of a war that transformed America from a collection of states to the nation it is today are considered as well
Meaning of the Civil War (2:34)
April 1865: War is Over (4:04)
North Celebrates End of War (1:35)
Defeated South (3:12)
Ceremony at Fort Sumter (1:52)
Assassination of President Lincoln (2:51)
Death of President Lincoln (2:51)
News of Assassination Spreads (1:36)
Reaction of Former Slaves to Lincoln's Death (0:37)
Lincoln's Funeral Train (4:41)
John Wilkes Booth: Captured and Killed (0:33)
Jefferson Davis Is Arrested (2:15)
Last Man Killed in Civil War (0:26)
Union Victory Parade (1:23)
Casualties of War (1:08)
Execution of Booth's Conspirators (1:34)
Walt Whitman (0:43)
War's Heavy Toll (3:07)
Monuments of the War (0:43)
Elisha Hunt Rhodes: Union Soldier (1:26)
Sam Watkins: Confederate Soldier (1:47)
William Tecumseh Sherman and Joe Johnston (1:05)
Mary Chesnut: An American Diarist (0:54)
Jefferson Davis and Hiram Rhodes Revels (0:30)
Fates of the Civil War's Major Figures (2:55)
Fates of the Civil War's Major Figures (1:42)
Robert E. Lee Dies (3:00)
U. S. Grant Becomes President (1:49)
Reunion of the Battle of Gettysburg (1:09)
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain Dies of War Wounds in 1914 (1:10)
Civil War Becomes Testament to Human Spirit (2:38)
Emancipated Slaves (0:59)
Legacy of Civil War (2:28)
Two Sides Under One Flag: Veterans Unite (2:48)

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