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American History: Civil War (1860-1865)

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DVD 415.00 Ulysses S. Grant: warrior, president (ca. 220 min.) Reappraises Grant's career, from his pre-civil war days as a failed soldier, to his transformation into the greatest Union hero of the Civil War, to his presidency, rocked by scandal and economic depression, and to his last days, when he raced to finish his war memoirs as he was dying of cancer.

America History in Video Documentaries

Alexander Gardner, War Photographer/ John Brown's War
directed by Craig Haffner; produced byGreg Goldman and Scott Paddor, in Civil War Journal (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1993), 39 mins  
 
Guns of Remington
produced by Brian Coughlin, in Tales of the Gun (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2000), 39 mins  
 
 
Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony
directed by Ken Burns, 1953- and Paul Barnes, 1951-; produced by Ken Burns, 1953- and Paul Barnes, 1951- (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS),1999), 3 hours  
 
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The Commanders, vol. 2
in Civil War Journal (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1994), 1 hour  
 
 
 
The Better Angels of Our Nature
written by Ken Burns, 1953-; produced byKen Burns, 1953-, in Ken Burns's The Civil War, 9 (Arlington, VA: Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), 1990), 1 hour  
 
 
Trains at War
directed by Craig Haffner; produced byGreg Goldman, in Civil War Journal (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1997),44 mins  
 
 
Picture Perfect: The Pomp and Vision of Mathew Brady
directed by Donna Lusitana; produced byArthur Drooker, in Civil War Journal (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1997),32 mins  
 
Tillie Pierce of Gettysburg
produced by Amy Haffner, in Unknown Civil War (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 36 mins  
 
The Commanders, vol. 1
directed by Craig Haffner; produced by Rhys Thomas, in Civil War Journal (New York, NY:A&E Television Networks, 1994), 1 hour  
 
 
Lincoln
produced by History Channel (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2005), 2 hours  
 
The Photographers' War: The North
produced by Robert Senkel, in Unknown Civil War (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 40 mins  
 
Aftershock: Beyond The Civil War
directed by David W. Padrusch; produced by David W. Padrusch (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2006), 1 hour  
 

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