The Civil War: The war initially goes badly for the North - McClellan fails in Virginia, ironclad ships change the nature of conflict on the waters for all time, Europe flirts with allying with the South after adverse pressure on cotton prices from the Confederate States of America, and a bloody stalemate ensues at Shiloh in Tennessee.

Starring:

Arthur Miller, Christopher Murney, David McCullough, Derek Jacobi, Garrison Keillor, George Plimpton, Horton Foote, Jason Robards, Jeremy Irons, Morgan Freeman, Philip Bosco, Sam Waterston

Genre:

Documentary, History, War