A 4-pronged anchor, a 138-year-old propeller, and a 36-ton steam engine. The ironclad "U.S.S. Monitor," the Civil War's most advanced warship.

He was one of the most unlikely heroes of the Civil War...a college professor from Maine. Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain rose through the ranks to become one of the most celebrated figures in the annals of the conflict. Discover the truth behind the legend.

She was an ordinary small-town girl caught in the crossfire of one of America's most cataclysmic events. A brutal twist of fate and her own generosity of spirit cost this young girl her life, but assured Jennie Wade a place in history as the only civilian killed during the devastating Battle of Gettysburg.

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She was fifteen when the Civil War burst on her hometown. This young heroine nursed the wounded and the dying amidst the worst horrors of war. Her legacy is a rare civilian account of the conflict. Everything young Tillie knew to be safe and tranquil in the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania came to an abrupt end on July 1, 1863. After two years of war, Confederate soldiers were seen approaching from Cashtown, eight miles away from Tillie's home. She was sent to a farmhouse to escape from danger. Ironically, that house became a field hospital just 600 yards from the frontlines of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. This is where Tillie Pierce became an American heroine.

In July of 1863, a proud but much-maligned group of men gathered in a small Pennsylvania town to fight an epic battle that would define the future of American history. These were the officers of the United States army of the Potomac. Their names are familiar but their faces are not. Their deeds are famous but their glory is, sometimes, forgotten. John Buford...Judson Kilpatrick...John Reynolds...Winfield Scott Hancock...Dan Sickles...Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain...and George Gordon Meade...these were some of the officers of the United States army, who fought, and won the battle of Gettysburg.

He was arguably America's greatest general since George Washington. General Robert E. Lee fought against the nation he once swore to protect. Gambling his army and the future of the Confederacy in one epic battle, he led his troops into the three bloodiest days in American history.

The Killer Angels, winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize, was a national bestseller and the book on which the popular movie Gettysburg was based. Though the novel is considered a classic of Civil War literature, its author Michael Shaara remains little known. Yet the man revealed himself on every page--he strongly identified with the commanders on both sides. He had the intellectual spark of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the fragile health of Robert E. Lee, and the brooding personality of James Longstreet. And like the war those men knew too well, Shaara's life was at times a bitter struggle, one that eventually divided his own house before yielding to a bitter sweet peace. We'll investigate his life and work in this episode.

A 4-pronged anchor, a 138-year-old propeller, and a 36-ton steam engine. The ironclad "U.S.S. Monitor," the Civil War's most advanced warship.

He was one of the most unlikely heroes of the Civil War...a college professor from Maine. Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain rose through the ranks to become one of the most celebrated figures in the annals of the conflict. Discover the truth behind the legend.

She was an ordinary small-town girl caught in the crossfire of one of America's most cataclysmic events. A brutal twist of fate and her own generosity of spirit cost this young girl her life, but assured Jennie Wade a place in history as the only civilian killed during the devastating Battle of Gettysburg.

She was fifteen when the Civil War burst on her hometown. This young heroine nursed the wounded and the dying amidst the worst horrors of war. Her legacy is a rare civilian account of the conflict. Everything young Tillie knew to be safe and tranquil in the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania came to an abrupt end on July 1, 1863. After two years of war, Confederate soldiers were seen approaching from Cashtown, eight miles away from Tillie's home. She was sent to a farmhouse to escape from danger. Ironically, that house became a field hospital just 600 yards from the frontlines of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. This is where Tillie Pierce became an American heroine.

In July of 1863, a proud but much-maligned group of men gathered in a small Pennsylvania town to fight an epic battle that would define the future of American history. These were the officers of the United States army of the Potomac. Their names are familiar but their faces are not. Their deeds are famous but their glory is, sometimes, forgotten. John Buford...Judson Kilpatrick...John Reynolds...Winfield Scott Hancock...Dan Sickles...Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain...and George Gordon Meade...these were some of the officers of the United States army, who fought, and won the battle of Gettysburg.

He was arguably America's greatest general since George Washington. General Robert E. Lee fought against the nation he once swore to protect. Gambling his army and the future of the Confederacy in one epic battle, he led his troops into the three bloodiest days in American history.

The Killer Angels, winner of the 1975 Pulitzer Prize, was a national bestseller and the book on which the popular movie Gettysburg was based. Though the novel is considered a classic of Civil War literature, its author Michael Shaara remains little known. Yet the man revealed himself on every page--he strongly identified with the commanders on both sides. He had the intellectual spark of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the fragile health of Robert E. Lee, and the brooding personality of James Longstreet. And like the war those men knew too well, Shaara's life was at times a bitter struggle, one that eventually divided his own house before yielding to a bitter sweet peace. We'll investigate his life and work in this episode.

He was one of the most unlikely heroes of the Civil War...a college professor from Maine. Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain rose through the ranks to become one of the most celebrated figures in the annals of the conflict. Discover the truth behind the legend.