America: The Story of Us

Season 1, Episode 5

Episode Title: Civil War

Air Date: 2010-05-09

Overview:

The Civil War rages. The minie ball is the great equalizer on the battlefield. The formidable Confederate army cannot match the Union's mastery of technology; railroads, supply lines and the telegram become new weapons in a modern war. With Sherman's March, the South is definitively crushed.