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Episode Guide
Simply Murder---1863
Series: The Civil War
Series Progress: Episode 5 of 1050% Completed
Synopsis
is his "masterpiece," but he loses Stonewall Jackson; Grant begins a siege of Vicksburg (Miss.); Frederick Douglass calls for the arming of free blacks and former slaves, This episode reveals how the Union disaster at Fredericksburg prefaced further successes for the Confederacy. At Chancellorsville in May, Lee wins his most brilliant victory but loses Stonewall Jackson, and at Vicksburg, Grant's attempts to take the city by siege are stopped. The programme highlights the fierce Northern opposition to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and ends with Lee's decision to invade the North again to draw Grant's forces away from Vicksburg.
Cast
- Barbara Fields
- George Black
- Molly Mason
- Gene Jones
- Carol Craven
- Garrison Keillor
- Stephen B. Oates
- Pamela Reed
- Colleen Dewhurst
- Ed Bearrs
- Jody Powell
- LaTanya Richardson
- Jacqueline Schwab
- Shelby Foote
- Philip Bosco
- Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
- Walt MacPherson
- M. Emmet Walsh
- David Marks
- Bradford Washburn
- Studs Terkel
- Jesse Carr
- Jerome Dempsey
- Arthur Miller
- Derek Jacobi
- Hoyt Axton
- Halo Wines
- Wendy Tilghman
- Joe Mattys
- George Plimpton
- Horton Foote
- Jeremy Irons
- Paul Roebling
- Betsy Apple
- James Symington
- Jay Ungar
- Bonnie Gilbert
- Terry Courier
- Marissa Copeland
- John Hartford
- Charley McDowell
- Laurence Fishburne
Director
📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 13 hours 15 minutes (10 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Relaxed Watch - Easy viewing. Perfect for casual watches.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 10 days
3 episodes/day: 4 days
5 episodes/day: 2 days
Episodes (10)
- - The Cause---1861
- S01E01 - The Cause---1861
- S01E02 - A Very Bloody Affair---1862
- S01E03 - Forever Free---1862
- S01E04 - Simply Murder---1863 Viewing
- S01E05 - The Universe of Battle---1863
- S01E06 - The Valley of the Shadow of Death---1864
- S01E07 - Most Hallowed Ground---1864
- S01E08 - War Is All Hell---1865
- S01E09 - The Better Angels of Our Nature---1865