The Civil War RSS feed for PBS programming.http://video.pbs.orgen-ushttp://video.pbs.orgTue, 21 May 2013 09:45:45 -0400Tue, 21 May 2013 09:45:45 -0400http://video.pbs.org/video/1827730853/Ken Burns talks about the Civil Warhttp://video.pbs.org/video/1827730853/03/03/2011Ken Burns talks about the Civil WarnrCulture & SocietyCulture & SocietyMedia & TechnologyMedia & TechnologyHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesVictorianVictorianNews & Public AffairsNews & Public AffairsNational SecurityNational SecuritySegmenthttp://video.pbs.org/video/1832507695/Conditions were dire for slaves on the plantation. Slave quarters bred diseases and only 4 out of 100 lived to be 60.http://video.pbs.org/video/1832507695/03/10/2011Conditions were dire for slaves on the plantation. Only 4 out of 100 lived to be 60.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/1832507650/Confederate gunners fired on Ft. Sumter in Charleston, SC on April 12, 1861. Ft. Sumter fell 34 hours later. It was a bloodless opening to the bloodiest war in American history.http://video.pbs.org/video/1832507650/03/16/2011The Civil War began at 4:30 am on April 12, 1861 at Ft. Sumter, Charleston, SC.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/1832543409/On July 3, 1863 in Gettysburg, PA the Union lured the Confederate troops out into the open field. Pickett charged and the tide of the war changed in the Union's favor.http://video.pbs.org/video/1832543409/03/16/2011July 3, 1863: The third day of Gettysburg marked a change in the tide of the war.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWar & ConflictWar & ConflictCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/1832507673/1938 was the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg. The Civil War defined us as a nation. To understand the American character the Civil War must be studied.http://video.pbs.org/video/1832507673/03/10/20111938 was the seventy-fifth anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/1832458783/The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places. 2% of the general population died in the war and it changed forever the lives of all who lived through it. Clip from Episode 1http://video.pbs.org/video/1832458783/03/10/2011The Civil War was fought in 10,000 places. Clip from Episode 1.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWorldWorldCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/1832543419/Lincoln felt he had failed the people with his short address, and yet, those 269 words were spoken and all speeches that came thereafter were measured against it.http://video.pbs.org/video/1832543419/03/16/2011Lincoln spoke only 269 words during his address and gave history a speech for the ages.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWorldWorldCliphttp://video.pbs.org/video/1832538896/Four million slaves were freed yet it would take another century for African Americans to win 'freedom.' History is not 'was' but 'is.' Until we treat each other as equals the Civil War will never be over.http://video.pbs.org/video/1832538896/03/16/2011The Union Army won the war yet the wounds of the Nation are still healing.nrHistoryHistoryUnited StatesUnited StatesWorldWorldClip