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S01E05: The Universe of Battle: 1863This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of war: the Battle of Gettysburg, the greatest ever fought in the Western Hemisphere. For three days 150,000 men will fight to the death in the Pennsylvania countryside, culminating in Pickett's legendary charge. This extended episode then goes on to chronicle the fall of Vicksburg, the New York draft riots, the first use of black troops, and the western battles at Chickamauga, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee. The episode closes with the dedication of a new Union cemetery at Gettysburg in November, where Abraham Lincoln struggles to put into words what is happening to his people.
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Air Date:
Sep 25, 1990
Runtime:
97 minutes
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Casts:
David McCullough, Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman, Paul Roebling, Garrison Keillor, George Black, Arthur Miller, Christopher Murney, Charles McDowell, Horton Foote, George Plimpton, Philip Bosco, Terry Courier, Jody Powell, Studs Terkel, Hoyt Axton, John Hartford, Colleen Dewhurst, Shelby Foote, Ronnie Gilbert, Jeremy Irons, Gene Jones, Derek Jacobi, Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Laurence Fishburne, Pamela Reed, M. Emmet Walsh
