Episode number 4 of Series “The Civil War”.
The war is in its third year and enthusiasm for the fighting has fled. In their awful camps men are dying of disease at the rate of two for every one slain in combat. Yet the struggle goes on. Robert E. Lee devastates the Union at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville but at great cost. At Vicksburg Ulysses S. Grant lays siege to the rebel stronghold, slowly throttling the South’s lifeline. Meanwhile General Lee prepares to invade Maryland and Pennsylvania, thereby setting the stage for the war’s greatest battle.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
325152
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → African Americans - Civil rights
Educational & Instructional
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
History → African Americans - History
History → History
History → Slavery
History → United States - History - Civil War, 1861-1865
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)