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Thomas W. Chittum is an American author, [1] military analyst [2] and former mercenary from New Jersey, now living in Washington state. [3] He served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War . [ 4 ] Chittum also fought in the Rhodesian War and the Croatian War of Independence as a mercenary.
The Second Civil War is a satirical black comedy television film directed by Joe Dante for the HBO cable television network, first aired on March 15, 1997. The film details the build-up to an ethnically fueled civil war in an alternate future United States as a result of unsustainably excessive immigration, political self-interest, and ratings-pursuing news media.
The End of the Civil War (2009, History Channel): a collection of four separately produced and aired films sold as a single title: Sherman's March (2007), April 1865 (2003), The Hunt for John Wilkes Booth (2007), and Stealing Lincoln's Body (2009). The collection is also known as The Last Days of the Civil War. Gettysburg (broadcast on History ...
The trailer opens with scenes of destruction in the U.S., along with news reports about the civil war playing in the background. “19 states have seceded,” one reporter says on the radio.
It was all part of a movie set, but to the actors starring in Civil War, felt all too real. The new film, opening in theaters April 12, takes place in a near-future United States ravaged by conflict.
A civil war has engulfed the United States. An authoritarian federal government, led by a third-term president, is embattled by secessionist movements. Despite the president claiming victory is imminent, it is widely expected that Washington, D.C. will soon be reached by the "Western Forces" (WF) led by Texas and California, while forces of the southeast "Florida Alliance" are also fast ...
A group of Union volunteers, young men mostly, arriving in the desolate and harsh Western territories during the Civil War in 1862. They are not hardened soldiers, but rather a collection of individuals with varying backgrounds and motivations. There's a sense of naive enthusiasm mixed with apprehension.
Five days after the end of the American Civil War, John Wilkes Booth and Michael O'Laughlen, both members of the KGC, approach Thomas Gates to decode a message copied into Booth's diary. Thomas recognizes the message as a Playfair cipher , and translates it while Booth departs for Ford's Theatre to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln .