2001 VIDEO CATALOG - Clinton Essex Franklin Library System

Civil Civil Civil War War Combat Combat Combat #4: #4: The The Tragedy Tragedy at at Cold Cold Harbor
Harbor
In the Spring of 1864, General Ulysses S. Grant relentlessly pursued General Robert E. Lee's forces.
Grant finally caught up with him outside of Richmond, Virginia, near a dusty crossroads tavern known as
cold Harbor. On June 3rd, Grant attacked, sending his troops into what some called a suicidal assault
against the well-entrenched Confederate armies - and lost over seven thousand men in just twenty
minutes. Ten months later, however, Cold Harbor would be looked upon as the beginning of the end of
the Confederacy and the launch of the era of trench warfare.
50 min. color
Civil Civil War War Journal Journal #1: #1: Stonewall Stonewall Jackson/Destiny Jackson/Destiny at at Fort Fort Fort Sumter
Sumter
Stonewall Jackson earned his nickname at the First Battle of Bull Run when he and his men "stood like a
stone wall" against Union forces. It took a Confederate bullet, fired by mistake to finally bring Stonewall
Jackson down. No lives were lost in the first military engagement of the Civil War at Fort Sumter. Yet from
the South's modest attack upon the tiny fort in Charleston harbor came a conflict that would engulf the
entire nation.
100 min. color
Civil Civil War War Journal Journal #2: #2: Monitor Monitor vs. vs. CSS CSS Virginia/Gray Virginia/Gray Ghost, Ghost, John John Singleton Singleton Mosby
Mosby
Ironclads Monitor (from the North) and CSS Virginia (South) came face to face for three hours at Hampton
Roads River, Va. in March of 1862. The "Gray Ghost" of the Confederacy, John Singleton Mosby, was
given full authority to operate his 800 men without interference from ranking officers. The result was the
development of guerilla warfare and an extension of the war for six months.
100 min. color
Civil Civil War War Journal Journal #3: #3: 54th 54th Massachusetts/McClellan's Massachusetts/McClellan's Massachusetts/McClellan's Way
Way
Were they cannon fodder or an elite unit? The 54th Massachusetts were part escaped slaves who
wanted revenge, and part educated black men who believed in the cause. McClellan, the brilliant Union
general was removed from command twice for being overcautious, the second time at Antietam when he
allowed Lee's forces to withdraw across the Potomac.
100 min. color
Civil Civil War War War Journal Journal #4: #4: Alexander Alexander Gardner: Gardner: War War Photographer/John Photographer/John Brown's Brown's Brown's War
War
Employing a new medium, Alexander Gardner brought the bitter memories of a war between countrymen
to the home front. John Brown, radical abolitionist with a fanatical plan for freeing southern slaves, raided
the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry shattering any hope of unity in an already fragmented nation.
100 min. color
Civil Civil Civil War War Journal Journal #5: #5: Battle Battle of of Bull Bull Bull Run/Pickett's Run/Pickett's Charge
Charge
The first battle of the Civil War at Bull Run was a stunning victory for the Confederacy and a humiliating
loss for the Union. Confederate General George Edward Pickett led his troops on a slow, suicidal charge
into the center of a Union line at Gettysburg that virtually annihilated his division.
100 min. color
Civil Civil Civil War War Journal Journal #6: #6: Days Days of of of Darkness/Banners Darkness/Banners of of Glory/West Glory/West Point Point Classmates
Classmates
The Battle at Gettysburg was the turning point and darkest days of the war. After 3 days, 50,000 soldiers
lay dead. The banners the divisions carried into battle were symbols of pride and heroism. West Point
cadets often fought on opposite sides of the conflict, dividing friends, family and sometimes even
100 min. color
Civil Civil War War Journal Journal Journal Two Two #1: #1: Robert Robert Robert E. E. Lee/Sherman Lee/Sherman & & the the March March to to the the Sea Sea
Sea
Perhaps the greatest commander of the Civil War was its loser, Robert E. Lee. Union General William
Tecumseh Sherman left Atlanta in flames on Nov. 15, 1864 and began his ferocious march to the sea.
100 min. color
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