Death and the Civil War, Chapter 1

Name: Death and the Civil War, Chapter 1
Uploaded: 2012-09-10T19:01:00Z
Duration: P682S
Description: How the young United States dealt with the unprecedented and overwhelming number of dead in the Civil War. The Ric Burns film is based on the book "This Republic of Suffering" by Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust.

Clip: Season 28 Episode 9 | 11m 22s | Video has closed captioning.

How the young United States dealt with the unprecedented and overwhelming number of dead in the Civil War. The Ric Burns film is based on the book "This Republic of Suffering" by Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust.

Aired: 09/18/12

Rating: NR

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