Blood and Fury: America's Civil War - Season 1

Blood and Fury: America's Civil War - Season 1

Season 1

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Episodes6
DatesDec 14, 2016 - Jan 18, 2017

Episodes

Battle of Bull Run
Season 1Episode 160 min

Battle of Bull Run

July 1861. In what will be the first real battle of the Civil War, untested and poorly trained Rebel and Confederate troops clash on the blood soaked banks of the Bull Run River. Thousands will be killed and wounded and a shock.

Dec 14, 2016
Battle of Antietam
Season 1Episode 260 min

Battle of Antietam

September 1862. Following a string of victories in Virginia, Confederate military genius General Robert E. Lee brings his Army north in a bold attempt to end the Civil War and win Southern Independence.

Dec 21, 2016
Battle of Fredericksburg
Season 1Episode 360 min

Battle of Fredericksburg

Dec. 1862: Following the strategic Union win at Antietam, Federal forces clash with a massive Rebel army in the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia in what will become the largest engagement of soldiers in the Civil War. The Battle includes the first opposed river crossing and first urban warfare in American military history. Confederate Sergeant Richard Kirkland of the 2nd South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, known as "The Angel of Marye's Heights" for his compassion and bravery, provides water and comfort to wounded soldiers of both sides on the battlefield. Union 2nd Lieutenant John Adams of the 19th Massachusetts Infantry recovers both the regimental and U.S. colors under fire after the color bearers are killed; His Medal of Honor citation reads in part: "with a color in each hand advanced across the field to a point where the regiment was reformed on those colors."

Dec 28, 2016
Battle of Gettysburg
Season 1Episode 460 min

Battle of Gettysburg

July 1863: An elite band of Yankee Sharpshooters must stop Robert E. Lee's Alabama shock troops from flanking the Union line and winning the Battle of Gettysburg and perhaps the entire Civil War.

Jan 4, 2017
Battle of Nashville
Season 1Episode 560 min

Battle of Nashville

December 1864: In a daring attempt to regain the upper hand in the Civil War, Confederate forces try to retake the city of Nashville and sever the supply line that's feeding the Union invasion of the South.

Jan 11, 2017
Battle of Petersburg
Season 1Episode 660 min

Battle of Petersburg

April 1865: Union invasion of the South has ground to a halt at the seemingly impregnable ring of trenches built around Petersburg, Virginia. After eight bloody attempts to storm them have failed, two officers from Vermont lead a daring night raid.

Jan 18, 2017

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