The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Academy at West Point but later find themselves and their families on opposite sides of the American Civil War.
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
A saga começa com "Devil" Anse Hatfield e Randall McCoy. Amigos íntimos até o fim da Guerra Civil, eles retornam às suas vizinhanças: Hatfield na West Virginia, McCoy na fronteira de Tug River, no Kentucky. O embate começa quando um Hatfield assassina um McCoy, e a filha de Randall inicia um tempestuoso romance com o filho de "Devil". Aumentam as tensões, desentendidos e ressentimentos que logo explodem em uma guerra entre as famílias. Enquanto as hostilidades crescem, amigos e a vizinhança unem forças aos conflitos, colocando os dois estados à beira de outra Guerra Civil.
The Blue and the Gray is a television miniseries that first aired on CBS in three installments on November 14, November 16, and November 17, 1982. Set during the American Civil War, the series starred John Hammond, Stacy Keach, Lloyd Bridges, and Gregory Peck as President Abraham Lincoln. It was executive produced by Larry White and Lou Reda, in association with Columbia Pictures Television, then owned by The Coca-Cola Company.
This documentary-series examines Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to adulthood. With the help of their mother, Marmee, and while their father is away at war, the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: from sibling rivalry and first love, to loss and marriage.
At the start of the Civil War, a prominent Virginia family makes the controversial decision to defend the South while freeing all of their slaves, pitting the family against one another and testing their strength, courage and love.
Since its birth in 1865, in the wake of the American Civil War, the history of the Ku Klux Klan has been inseparable from that of the United States. The debates over slavery, the populism in the roaring twenties, the struggle for civil rights in the sixties, the rise of the far-right in the early 21st century; the Klan seems to have always embodied the dark side of the nation, with its gray areas and blind spots.
Epic mini-series chronicling the lives of two 19th-century families -- one Irish, the other English -- and the American family dynasties they began.
This 1984 miniseries chronicles the life of George Washington, the 1st President of the United States, from age 11 to age 51. Based on the biography by James Thomas Flexner.
Follows the lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War - New England abolitionist Mary Phinney and Confederate supporter Emma Green. Based on true stories and set in a Union hospital in the occupied Confederate city of Alexandria, viewers are taken beyond the battlefield and into the lives of Americans on the Civil War home front as they face the unprecedented challenges of one of the most turbulent times in our nation’s history.
The story of George Custer, Crazy Horse and the events prior to the battle of the Little Bighorn, told from the different perspectives of two women.
Kevin Corcoran is a rugged young Irish immigrant policeman trying to keep the peace in the historical Five Points neighborhood in 1860s New York City while searching for information on the disappearance of his wife and death of his daughter.
Durante a colonização da fronteira norte-americana, Geórgia (Angelina Jolie) e Eufemia (Annabeth Ashby) são amigas. Em decorrência da guerra, Eufemia é levada para a casa de sua irmã, Sarah (Dana Delany), que mora no Texas. Só que o conflito também chega lá e Sarah passa a liderar a luta de mulheres que veem seus familiares irem para a batalha. Quando Geórgia, que por todos estes anos manteve-se segura na casa dos pais, sem envolver-se com a guerra, muda-se para o Texas com o marido, a moça fica chocada com a situação precária do local. Reencontrando Eufemia, elas se estranham pelos diferentes rumos que suas vidas tomaram. Será que amizade de Eufemia e Geórgia poderá sobreviver a essas reviravoltas?
No auge da Guerra Fria, dois agentes russos posam como um típico casal americano de classe média, a viver com os dois filhos num subúrbio de Washington.
Documentary series exploring the people, technology and battles behind the war between the states.
A young Southern belle becomes the mistress of a magnificent plantation.
Lucy married at the turn of the last century, when she was fifteen and her husband was fifty. If Colonel William Marsden was a veteran of the "War for Southern Independence", Lucy became a "veteran of the veteran" with a unique perspective on Southern history and Southern manhood. Her story encompasses everything from the tragic death of a Confederate boy soldier to the feisty narrator's daily battles in the Home--complete with visits from a mohawk-coiffed candy-striper.
The story of the three women General Ulysses S. Grant credited as helping the North win the Civil War
Take a journey back in time and immerse yourself in a 150-year-old battle that nearly split our nation in two. This three-part series explores famous and little known aspects of the Civil War, from the perspectives of the Union, the Confederacy and the millions of enslaved people struggling for freedom. Hosted by Ashley Judd, Trace Adkins, and Dennis Haysbert, all of whom had ancestors greatly affected by the war, this series delivers fresh insights and untold tales, brought to life through dramatic recreations and the Smithsonian Institution's vast collection of artifacts.