The
episode begins with William
Tecumseh Sherman’s brilliant march
to the sea, which brings the war to the heart of Georgia
and the Carolinas and spells the end of the Confederacy.
In March, following Lincoln’s second inauguration,
first Petersburg and then
Richmond finally fall to Grant’s army. Lee’s
tattered Army of Northern Virginia flees westward towards
a tiny crossroads town called Appomattox
Court House. There the dramatic and deeply moving
surrender of Lee to Grant takes place. The episode ends
in Washington where John
Wilkes Booth begins to dream of vengeance for the
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