ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½

© 2025 ÐÇ¿ÕÎÞÏÞ´«Ã½
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

1865: "War Is All Hell"/"The Better Angels of Our Nature"

Season 1 Episode 5 | 2hr 14m 38s

Follow Sherman’s March to the Sea, Richmond’s fall to Grant’s army, and Lee’s surrender to Grant. Follow the events of Lincoln’s assassination and burial, and Booth’s capture, as the war finally comes to a close. Explore the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country from a collection of states to the nation it is today.

Aired: 09/10/15
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.