2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Civil Civil Civil War War #5: #5: Universe Universe of of Battle Battle - 1863
1863
This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of the war, the Battle of Gettysburg - the
greatest ever fought in the Western Hemisphere.
95 min. B&W cc
Civil Civil War War #6: #6: Valley Valley of of the the Shadow Shadow of of Death Death - 1864
1864
A biographical comparison of Grant and Lee and the extraordinary series of battles that pitted the two
generals against each other.
70 min. B&W cc
Civil Civil War War #7: #7: Most Most Hallowed Hallowed Ground Ground Ground - 1864
1864
Lee's Arlington mansion is turned into a Union military hospital and the estate becomes Arlington
National Cemetery - the union's most hallowed ground.
72 min. B&W cc
Civil Civil Civil War War War #8: #8: War War is is All All Hell Hell Hell - 1865
1865
William Sherman's March to the Sea brings war to the heart of Georgia and the Carolinas and spells the
end of the Confederacy.
69 min. B&W cc
Civil Civil War War #9: #9: The The Better Better Angels Angels Angels of of of Our Our Nature Nature - 1865 1865
1865
This final episode begins in the bittersweet aftermath of Lee's surrender and the horrendous event of five
days later when Lincoln is assassinated.
68 min. B&W cc
Civil Civil War War War Combat Combat #1: #1: The The Wheatfield Wheatfield at at Gettysburg
Gettysburg
General Robert E. Lee was determined to bring the fighting to the North. Lee launched his attack in
Pennsylvania, despite poor intellegence reports that left him unaware of Union troop movements. After
initial success against Northern troops, Lee allowed his exhausted army to rest - giving Union forces vital
time to dig in. When the two armies finally clashed near Gettysburg, the battle of "The Wheatfield" saw
soldiers fighting literally hand-to-hand.
50 min. color
Civil Civil War War Combat Combat Combat #2: #2: The The Bloody Bloody Lane Lane at at Antietam
Antietam
In September of 1862, Confederate forces under General Robert E. Lee invaded the North for the first
time. His advance was blocked by Union troops in a battle fought near a small Maryland stream called
Antietam Creek. The resulting loss of men on both sides would make this the bloodiest single day in
American military history and of all the fighting, the most ferocious clash took place at a sunken wagon
track immortalized as "Bloody Lane."
50 min. color
Civil Civil War War Combat Combat Combat #3: #3: The The Hornet's Hornet's Hornet's Nest Nest at at at Shiloh
Shiloh
In the winter of 1862, Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant marched deep into Southern
Tennessee. Confederate General Albert S. Johnston was waiting. On April 6th, Johnston attacked,
catching Grant by surprise near Shiloh Church. The battle peaked along an abandoned wagon road
ultimately named " The Hornet's Nest" for the intensity of the fighting there. With over four thousand men
dead in the battle's aftermath, Americans on both sides now had a graphic image of what they had
wrought - a brutal, bloody war.
50 min. color
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