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The Civil War
Gettysburg: Pickett's Charge
July 3, 1863. After a thunderous artillery barrage, 13,000 Confederates march a mile and a half across open fields toward the Union line on Cemetery Ridge. Relive Pickett's Charge through the words of those who witnessed it, from the stone wall at The Angle to Lee's own admission: "All this has been my fault." Witness the turning point of Gettysburg in Ken Burns's The Civil War.
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Richmond falls to Grant's army, Lee surrenders, Lincoln is assassinated, and the war ends.
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While causalities mount, Lincoln’s re-election chances dim.
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Follow the Battle of Gettysburg, draft riots, and the first African-American troops.
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Lincoln’s war to preserve the Union transforms to a war to emancipate the slaves.
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Find out what caused the war, examining slavery and questions of union and states’ rights.