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Class of '61 is a 1993 American war drama television film produced by Steven Spielberg as a projected television series about the American Civil War. [1] It focused on men who were classmates at West Point and separated by the war between the North and the South.
The Civil War by Ken Burns (first broadcast on PBS from September 23 to Thursday, September 27, 1990) The Great Battles of the Civil War (TV series 1994) Sherman's March (1986) Civil War Combat (TV Series 2000-2003) Gettysburg: 3 days of Destiny (2004) [citation needed] 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed Women (2006), TV, recounting the Battle ...
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 approaching.
The Republican slogan is "Free speech, free press, free soil, free men, Frémont and victory!" Democrats counter that Fremont's election could lead to civil war. The Democratic Party candidate, James Buchanan , who carries five northern and western states and all the southern states except Maryland, wins.
The series was part of the United States' commemoration of the centennial of the beginning of the Civil War. It aired as a mid-season replacement [2] for the canceled western series, Riverboat, starring Darren McGavin and Noah Beery, Jr., broadcast in the 7:30–8:30 p.m. timeslot on Monday evenings.
Battle Cry of Freedom is a narrative history [3] of two decades of the history of the United States from the outbreak of the Mexican–American War to the Civil War's ending at Appomattox. Thus, it examined the Civil War era, not just the war, as it combined the social, military and political events of the period within a single narrative ...
Death and the Civil War is a 2012 documentary film by Ric Burns. It was aired as an episode of American Experience on PBS. [1] [2] The film was inspired by the book This Republic of Suffering by Drew Faust. [3] [4]
The website's critical consensus reads, "As intimate as it is heartbreakingly resonant, For Sama powerfully distills the difficult choices faced by citizens of war-torn regions." [ 8 ] Metacritic , which uses a weighted average , assigned the film a score of 89 out of 100, based on 18 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".