Unknown Civil War

The Union Army launches a massive assault on the Confederates-but what seemed like a certain victory turns to defeat due to a surprise attack by Confederate general Stonewall Jackson.

On the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg, the Confederacy believed it was on the verge of winning the war. But the war-weary Union soldiers felt a change in the great tide of purpose.

From the horror of the Valley of Death to the fight for Little Round Top-this was a desperate day in the Battle of Gettysburg, and it became one of the most hallowed.

It was the most infamous day of the Civil War. On a mile of open ground, 15,000 men fought into the jaws of hell. This is the story of Pickett's Charge on Gettysburg day three.

Meet the heroes that emerged from the bloodshed of Gettysburg. We'll take a detailed look at most of the fateful battles using high-quality special effects and dedicated Civil War re-enactors.

In Appomattox Court House, Virginia in April of 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee finally surrendered his army. See how America's bloodiest chapter came to an end.

In July of 1863, a proud but much-maligned group of men gathered in a small Pennsylvania town to fight an epic battle that would define the future of American history-Gettysburg.

Meet the generals and key members of the Confederacy who brought the war between the states to the Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg in the America Civil War's most famous battle.

At the end of the Civil War, the port of Vicksburg on the Mississippi is the last major Confederate stronghold. General Grant begins the Vicksburg Campaign to drive the Confederacy out of Mississippi.

America's Irish, who emigrated to escape famine, add their own chapter to the Civil War's bloodiest battle by fighting on behalf of their adoptive country.

They lost the Civil War but their names are still known. A roundtable of distinguished Civil War historians gather in the Confederate White House to discuss Lee's Commanders.

After victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg, President Lincoln sets his sights on capturing Chattanooga, a vital southern rail hub with an advance to Atlanta.

General John Buford is one of America's least known heroes. He was battle-tested on the Western frontier, and chose the ground the Union Army would defend at Gettysburg.

In September of 1862, Robert E. Lee's tattered army invaded the North. The result was the Battle of Antietam, which would forever change the nature of the war and start the Union on a path to victory.

Over the course of nine and a half months, the Siege of Petersburg matched Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Grant's Army of the Potomac.

He was one of the most unlikely heroes of the Civil War...a college professor from Maine.

Tillie Pierce was fifteen when the Civil War burst into her hometown. This young heroine nursed the wounded and the dying amidst the worst horrors of war.

This is the story of two photographers, Mathew Brady and Alexander Gardner, whose vision and determination captured the triumph, the tragedy and the drama of this country's most trying hour.

Alongside the legions of southern patriots and their Union opponents was a unique band of men committed to documenting the conflict. This is the story of the unsung cameramen of the Confederacy.

The American Civil War was the first to be widely photographed, but few followed an army to the battlefield. This is the story of those who did.

Though 'The Killer Angels' is considered a classic of Civil War literature, its author Michael Shaara remains little known.