For four years, Union and Confederate soldiers battled during the bloodiest war in American history.Â
Watch an extended preview of Death and the Civil War.
A photo gallery of images from the Civil War battlefields.Â
Executive Producer Mark Samels describes why no other TV series would tackle this subject.
Filmmaker Ric Burns discusses the intricacies of making Death and the Civil War.
Watch the opening scenes of Death and the Civil War
A clear-eyed look at the political and social changes wrought by the pervasiveness of death during the Civil War. Â
In October 1967, a Viet Cong ambush nearly wiped out an American battalion, prompting some in power to question whether the war might be unwinnable.
In October of 1967, a massive protest at the University of Wisconsin turned violent when police arrived on the scene.
In 1965, The Dow Company — best known at that time for making Saran Wrap — began making Napalm, a jellied gas used in warfare in Vietnam.
In 1967, a demonstration at the University of Wisconsin was the first violent campus protest of the antiwar movement.
The story of the My Lai Massacre, its cover up, and the subsequent investigation involves hundreds of people.
