Episode number 2 of Series “The Civil War”.
1,000,000 men are massing along a 1,600 km. front. Washington is a madhouse with hordes of opportunists jostling for advantage. General George McClellan slowly leads his huge Army of the Potomac up the Virginia Peninsula towards the Confederate capital of Richmond, but when he encounters only a tiny Confederate force he doesn’t fight, he halts and digs in. To the west, however, Ulysses S. Grant meets the South’s Albert S. Johnston in a battle called Shiloh. For two days 100,000 men slam viciously into each other. At the end the Union holds the field and 23,000 soldiers have fallen, the first of many huge losses on the battlefield.
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ACMI Identifier
302979
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → African Americans - Civil rights
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
History → African Americans - History
History → United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - United States
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Sound
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Black and White and Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)