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1863: "Simply Murder"/"The Universe of Battle"

Season 1 Episode 3 | 2hr 34m 49s

Follow Lee, Jackson and Grant through battles and northern opposition to the Emancipation Proclamation. Watch the Battle of Gettysburg, the turning point of the war, unfold. See Vicksburg’s fall, New York draft riots, the first African-American troops, western battles at Chickamauga and Chattanooga — and Lincoln’s dedication of a new Union cemetery at Gettysburg.

Aired: 09/08/15
Production made possible by grants from General Motors Corporation, National Endowment for the Humanities, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, John D and Catherine T MacArthur Foundation
Extras
Ken Burns shares how he gets A-list actors to narrate his films.
Ever wonder what it takes to produce a Ken Burns film?
Ken Burns shares his thoughts on the state of our country since the Civil War.
Ken Burns talks about the emotional moments during reunions among soldiers.
Long after Lincoln was nominated, politicians in his own party still hoped to reconvene.
Preview The Civil War, which was restored and remastered in high-definition in 2015.
Ken Burns shares how his interest in the Civil War developed.
Ken Burns talks about the benefits of restoring The Civil War series in 4K.
By mid-century, the country was deeply divided.
The feeling among the Southern members for dissolution of the Union becomes more general.