Civil War Journal

Credits: Alexander Gardner: War Photographer (1:23)

Introduction by Host Danny Glover (0:49)

Photography Brings the War Home (1:45)

A Man of Many Interests (1:27)

Early Influences (2:01)

Beginning a Career in America (2:11)

Changing America's Perception (0:31)

Camera on the Battlefield (4:37)

Bull Run: A First Documentation Attempt (2:09)

War Documentation: Still Images (2:19)

Public Disillusionment (1:32)

Stolen Acknowledgement (0:36)

Striking Out on His Own (2:13)

Manipulating the Subject (4:22)

Photographing Lincoln (6:03)

Pioneering Photojournalism (6:09)

Sketchbook (0:46)

Why Isn't Gardner Famous? (2:52)

Flags Transcended the Definition of Symbol (3:14)

Practical Purposes of a Flag (1:47)

Color Guards (3:12)

Flag Design (2:34)

Confederate and Union Flags (2:25)

Confederate Flag Designs (3:28)

Tattered Flags (1:05)

Advancing the Colors at Gettysburg (3:41)

Desperate Fights at Gettysburg (1:37)

Whirlpool of Death (1:41)

Regimental Flags (2:08)

Fredericksburg, 1862 (2:20)

Flags of Allegory (2:28)

Devotion to the Flag (2:54)

An Inspirational Symbol (1:39)

Flag Representation (1:30)

Sentiment for the Flag (2:32)

Credits: Banners of Glory (0:19)

Civil War Visual Montage (1:38)

Importance of Charleston (2:46)

Fort Sumter (1:48)

Northern Blockade (2:42)

Useless Gunboats (2:45)

First Attempt to Take Charleston (1:48)

Ironclads (4:03)

Target: Morris Island (3:24)

Union Tragedy at Ft. Wagner (3:38)

General Gillmore's Incompetence (1:46)

Third Attempt on Ft. Wagner (2:13)

Target: Civilians (3:07)

To Support the War Effort (1:36)

Submarine Attack (4:13)

Vulnerable Charleston (2:17)

Union Occupation of Charleston (3:33)

Credits: The Battle of Charleston (1:52)

Civil War: Medical Disaster (3:26)

Civil War Weaponry (1:45)

Civil War: Death by Disease (2:13)

Exposure to New Diseases (1:19)

Civil War: Biological Nightmare (1:36)

Battle of Bull Run (2:31)

Civil War Field Hospitals (2:48)

Transporting the Wounded (1:37)

Civil War Hospitals (2:42)

Father of Battlefield Medicine (1:24)

Clara Barton in the Battlefield (1:32)

Lack of Concern for the Wounded (3:47)

Union Nursing Corps (2:54)

Civil War: Painkillers/Drug Addictions (1:38)

Civil War Amputations (1:48)

Surgeons: New Skills and Lifesaving Tools (3:02)

Homemade Remedies and Surgical Procedures (1:16)

Medical Breakthroughs (2:14)

Credits: Battlefield Medicine (2:16)

Introduction to the Iron Brigade (2:47)

Frontier Attitude (2:53)

Power of the Iron Brigade (2:07)

Iron Brigade Recruits (2:00)

Iron Brigade Commanders (4:23)

Iron Brigade Unity Through Uniform (4:17)

Brawner's Farm (4:02)

Making the Iron Brigade (4:08)

Membership to the Iron Brigade (3:32)

New Commander for Iron Brigade (3:14)

Recognition for Iron Brigade (2:53)

Battle of Gettysburg (5:33)

Credits: Born Killers: The Iron Brigade (1:57)

Fort Sumter, A Symbolic Island (2:39)

Roots of the Civil War (3:33)

Slavery, Morality, and Power (3:41)

Politics of a Civil War (3:23)

Major Robert Anderson's Northern Loyalties (2:50)

Possession of Fort Sumter (2:47)

Marooned at Fort Sumter (2:55)

Confederate States of America (3:23)

A Gentleman's War: Major Anderson & General Beauregard (3:58)

Deadly Ring of Fire (3:27)

Major Anderson Joins the Battle for Fort Sumter (2:09)

A Bloodless Battle (1:53)

Reclaiming Fort Sumter (3:30)

Victory at Fort Sumter (2:01)

Credits: Destiny at Ft. Sumter (2:12)

Choosing Sides in War (2:48)

Civil War: Issues of Family Loyalty (4:29)

Civil War: Divided Loyalties in the White House (7:27)

Famous Families Torn Apart by Civil War (10:11)

Civil War: Family Feud on a National Scale (4:17)

Civil War: Kentuckians Hit Hard (7:14)

Civil War: Hanging in the Balance (4:37)

Credits: Divided Houses: Families Split by War (1:49)

Similarities Among Two First Ladies (2:38)

Mary Todd Lincoln's Early Life (2:36)

Varina Davis's Marriage (3:07)

Becoming First Ladies (2:15)

Roles in the White Houses (2:37)

First Ladies' Public Role (2:32)

Motherhood & Tragedy (3:06)

Criticism of First Ladies (2:29)

Mary's Sister & Varina's Children (2:11)

Last Days of Lincolns' Marriage (1:13)

Lincoln's Death (2:47)

Davises' Imprisonment (2:07)

Post-War Davises (2:14)

Mary Lincoln's Unfair Trial (3:33)

End of Mary's Life (2:00)

End of Varina's LIfe (1:35)

Legacies of First Ladies (1:20)

Credits: First Ladies North and South (2:27)

Slavery in Early America (1:40)

Broken Slave Families (2:44)

Paternalistic Attitude about Slavery (2:09)

Violent Slave Rebellion (1:43)

Racism Against Free Blacks (2:12)

Frederick Douglas. (2:15)

Underground Railroad (1:57)

Bleeding Kansas (1:22)

Southern Secession (2:08)

Selective and Reluctant Emancipation Proclamation (3:49)

Emancipation Backlash (2:34)

Racism Against Freed Slaves (3:15)

Massachusetts 54th Regiment (2:01)

Black Troops in Civil War (2:15)

13th Amendment (2:27)

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (2:32)

Post War South (3:21)

Credits: Freedom's Road: Slavery and the Opposition (1:54)

Bigotry in Early America (2:00)

Irish Americans in the Civil War (2:46)

Fenian Brotherhood (2:04)

Fearless Irish Advance (2:50)

Major General Patrick Claiborne (2:19)

German Immigrants in Early America (2:29)

Political Generals in Civil War (2:50)

32nd Indiana Union Victories (2:58)

Foreign Commanders (3:41)

Soldier of Fortune (1:52)

Canadian Sailors (1:41)

Independent Nation of Canada (1:57)

Louisiana Cajun Regiments (2:34)

Guard Lafayette (1:46)

New York's Garibaldi Guard (2:38)

Immigrants in the Civil War (4:09)

Credits: Canadian Immigrants and the American Civil War (2:04)

Introduction to John Brown (2:35)

Truth & Hypocrisy of Slavery (2:49)

Brown's Anti-Slavery Upbringing (1:32)

Family, Work, & Early Activism (3:16)

Frederick Douglass & Harriet Beecher Stowe (1:48)

Brown in North Elba, NY (1:47)

Conflict Over Slavery in Kansas & Nebraska (2:14)

Pottawatomie Massacre (2:52)

Dreams of Revolt (1:38)

Harper's Ferry: Summer, 1859 (2:50)

Readying Brown's Militia (2:32)

Taking of Harper's Ferry Armory (2:40)

Open Fire in Harper's Ferry (2:14)

Military Intervention (2:50)

Brown's Trial (2:15)

Martyrdom & Execution (3:08)

John Brown's Legacy (2:24)

Credits: John Brown's War (2:18)

Jeb Stuart's Missing Intelligence (2:20)

Foothold at Devil's Den (4:37)

Cemetery Ridge (2:46)

General George E. Pickett (3:39)

New Confederate Plan at Gettysburg (4:03)

Preparing for Pickett's Charge (2:34)

Pickett's Charge (2:15)

Terror at the Wall (4:18)

Battle for the Angle (3:24)

Break in the Line (2:51)

End of Pickett's Charge (4:04)

Survivors of Gettysburg (4:57)

Credits: Pickett's Charge (2:33)

Importance of Battlefields (3:09)

Preservation of Manassas Battlefield (2:11)

Significant Battle Sites (2:14)

Battle of Gettysburg (5:26)

Cultural Heritage of Gettysburg (2:52)

Facets of Battle of Gettysburg (1:26)

Battle of Cross Keys (6:36)

Preservation vs. Development (5:26)

Preservation Groups (1:42)

Heritage Tourism (2:18)

Sacred Sites and Memories (2:01)

Battlefields: Spirit of a Nation (6:19)

Credits: Preserving the Past (2:38)

Low Quality Espionage (2:48)

Pinkerton's Rescue of Lincoln (3:41)

Pinkerton's Dubious Methods (3:04)

Pinkerton & Rose O'Neal Greenhow (4:10)

First Execution: Timothy Webster (3:43)

Female Spies & Misused Intelligence (2:52)

Belle Boyd's Reputation (1:59)

Belle Boyd's Espionage (2:31)

Elizabeth Van Lew's Cover-Up (2:06)

Elizabeth Van Lew's Spy Efforts (3:06)

African-American Spies (2:23)

Harriet Tubman (2:36)

Execution of Sam Davis (3:46)

Significance of Civil War Espionage (1:58)

Credits: The Secret War: Civil War Spies (1:59)

Physical Presence of Jeb Stuart (3:15)

Training under Jeb Stuart (2:21)

Battle of Bull Run (2:54)

Jeb Stuart's Men (3:46)

Jeb Stuart's Rising Star (1:59)

Stuart's Childhood and Early Career (3:46)

Black Horse Cavalry (4:00)

Battle of Chancellorsville (2:36)

Stuart at Brandy Station (2:48)

Battle of Blue Ridge (2:01)

Stuart's Ride to Gettysburg (2:42)

Who Lost the War? (2:14)

Stuart's Final Days (3:44)

Jeb Stuart's Place in History (2:32)

Credits: Shadows of Lightning: Jeb Stuart and the Cavalry (2:07)

Ideal Military Commander (2:18)

Mexican American War (2:22)

Marriage and Family (1:34)

Quartermaster (1:21)

Best Friends

Opposite Sides (3:17)

Brigadier General (1:25)

Qualities of a Leader (3:12)

Battle of Antietam (2:41)

Fredericksburg (1:42)

Hero of Chancellorsville (3:39)

Second Corps Leadership (2:07)

Battle of Gettysburg

Hancock (3:11)

Cemetery Hill (1:28)

Death of a Friend (1:43)

Wounded General (3:49)

Final Days (3:43)

A Man Remembered (1:29)

Credits: The Superb General Hancock (2:07)

Introduction to West Point Classmates (2:15)

Invisible Authority of West Point (2:57)

Military Education (2:25)

West Point Conduct (2:07)

West Point Class Ranking (2:12)

Test of Duty (4:27)

School Divided (2:39)

"When Shall We Meet Again?" (1:13)

Confederate Edge (2:20)

First Battle of Manassas (3:20)

Superior Military Talent (2:54)

Bullet Proof Bond (2:28)

Spirit of West Point (2:42)

Unusual Surrender (3:14)

West Point's Presence in War (3:00)

Credits: West Point Classmates (2:34)

American Civil War as Turning Point for Women (3:25)

Women Abolitionists (1:20)

Protecting the Southern Way of Life (1:43)

Abolitionism and Feminism (2:13)

Harriet Tubman (1:16)

Call to War (1:37)

Women's Contribution to War Effort (1:15)

Sanitary Commission (2:08)

Volunteer Nurses (4:23)

Women in the Camps (2:37)

Prostitutes and Vivandieres (3:09)

Women Disguised as Men (5:54)

Women Spies (3:56)

Women: Grief and Anxiety (1:30)

War and Southern Women (2:56)

Women: Sacrifice and Legacy (2:02)

Credits: Women at War (1:58)