NPR American Chronicles: The Civil War

NPR captures the battlefield action, the personal struggles, and the moral dilemmas of the war that pitted brother against brother (and sometimes sister) and friend against friend. This revealing collection of Civil War stories features gripping history, expert commentary, and unforgettable voices:

Contents:

Introduction by Neal Conan

Manassas/Bull Run

Historian Shelby Foote

Geraldine Brooks¿ Civil War March

History of ¿Dixie¿

Confederates in the Attic

Antietam

Viewing the Emancipation Proclamation

Gettysburg¿s Hallowed Ground

Old Army Friends, Divided At Gettysburg

Gettysburg Eyewitness

Gettysburg Address Read by Sam Waterston

Henry Fleming, Reluctantly Wearing the Red Badge

Woman Fought Like a Man for Freedom

Civil War Reporters

Historians Search for Civil War Relics

Civil War Relics Tempt Thieves

Living History at Lincoln¿s Summer Retreat

E.L. Doctorow on Sherman and The March

April 1865

Letters from Civil War Era Tell the Price of Freedom

Iowa in the Civil War

What It Means to Be Free

The Civil War Still Stirs the Southern Soul

Union Soldier Comes Home

Appomattox

At Ford¿s Theatre, Lincoln¿s Death Revisited

¿O Captain! My Captain!¿

¿Battle Hymn of the Republic,¿ the Other National Anthem