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April 7, 1865, Grant writes to Lee. April 9, 1865. Lee sends word that he will surrender.
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After Bull Run, George McClellan built a magnificent Union army. Then he did nothing with it.
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7,000 men fell in minutes. Discover the Cold Harbor assault Grant always regretted.
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13,000 Confederates marched into Union fire. Relive Pickett's Charge, the climax of Gettysburg.
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Fewer than 4 in 100 enslaved people lived to 60. Yet they resisted and kept their families together.
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"Sarah, my love for you is deathless." Hear the letter Sullivan Ballou wrote a week before Bull Run.
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Blue and gray veterans reunite at Gettysburg in 1938. Historians explain why the Civil War matters.
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Who won the Civil War? Historians reflect on emancipation, Reconstruction, and the work left undone.
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"A house divided against itself cannot stand." In the 1850s, slavery pushed the nation toward war.
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In 1861, volunteers North and South rushed to war. Both sides expected it to last 90 days.
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Ken Burns recalls when he first realized the magnitude of his film, The Civil War.
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Ken Burns talks about how he, Geoff, and Ric created The Civil War film.
