Today, our government provides services for surviving veterans and their families, but it took the mass casualties of the Civil War to bring about this standard.
The Civil War in America holds the highest number of average deaths per day.
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
Filmmaker Sarah Colt discusses the challenges of producing a biography on Henry Ford.Â
The two inventors remained friends their whole lives.
Henry Ford hosted dance lessons in Dearborn twice a week to teach what he believed was the correct way of dancing.
