The Civil War

SINOPSIS

1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of what had been Lincoln's war to preserve the Union into a war to emancipate the slaves. This episode, part of a series seen as a defining work on the subject, begins with an insight into the political fighting that threatened to swallow up Lincoln's administration.

Glas: Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Paul Roebling, Garrison Keillor, George Black, Arthur Miller