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 This
extraordinary final episode of The Civil War
begins in the bittersweet aftermath of Lee’s surrender
and then goes on to narrate the horrendous events of five
days later when, on April 14, Lincoln
is assassinated. After chronicling Lincoln’s poignant
funeral, the series recounts the final days of the war,
the capture of John
Wilkes Booth and the fates of the Civil War’s
major protagonists.
The episode then considers the consequences and meaning
of a war that transformed the country from a collection
of states to the nation we are today.
Click here for a detailed description of
this episode.
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