This is a History Channel series about, obviously, civil war combat. When I first saw the title, I expected it to be about the bloodiest battles that every civil war buff knows about and cover them in their entirety, namely Antetim and Gettysburg. Rather, this series covers a very small part of those epic fights to explore the bloodiest individual attacks of the battles. It also focused on just a few key regiments from each side of the battle.
The series made me really feel the horror of the war. The re-enactments were well done, and you could practically feel the ammunition strikes and bayonet run-throughs. And they did something that I always like by letting you know the fates of the key participants after the battle. That is, if they survived.
10 words or less: Good viewing for a civil war buff.
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