Lincoln is frustrated by his cautious commander George McClellan, whose army is routed at Manassas -- where Confederate general 'Stonewall' Jackson earns his nickname.
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A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville comes at a high price when a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.
The North turns back the South's invasion after a heroic bayonet charge led by Maine's Joshua Chamberlain -- and the doomed Confederate charge led by General George Pickett.
Once drummed out of the army for drinking, Grant earns his place as the North's best general. Meanwhile, the Union's first black regiment marches into battle.
A U.S. senator, war hero and presidential aspirant who has much in common with Lincoln, Davis answers the call to lead the Confederate States of America.
General-turned-candidate George McClellan poses a tough challenge to Lincoln's reelection, while Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee finally clash on the battlefield.
Union General William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta and marches to the sea, leading to Lincoln's reelection and Lee's surrender at Appomattox.
