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The Civil War · S1E2 — A Very Bloody Affair: 1862
Season 1 episodes
1. The Cause: 1861Sep 23, 1990
2. A Very Bloody Affair: 1862Sep 24, 1990
3. Forever Free: 1862Sep 24, 1990
4. Simply Murder: 1863Sep 25, 1990
5. The Universe of Battle: 1863Sep 25, 1990
6. Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864Sep 26, 1990
7. Most Hallowed Ground: 1864Sep 26, 1990
8. War Is All Hell: 1865Sep 27, 1990
9. The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865Sep 27, 1990Synopsis
The year 1862 marked the emergence of modern warfare and fundamentally altered Lincoln’s struggle to preserve the Union into a fight for the emancipation of slaves. Episode Two opens with the bitter political divisions that nearly overwhelmed Lincoln's administration, before tracing the disastrous campaign led by Union General George McClellan on Virginia’s Peninsula. There, his vast army encountered a smaller Confederate force, yet one possessed of far greater ingenuity and resolve. Within this
