Death and the Civil War
Death and the Civil War American Experience
Death and the Civil War
How the young United States dealt with the unprecedented and overwhelming number of dead in the Civil War, premiering on PBS Sept 18, 8/7c. The Ric Burns film is based on the book "This Republic of Suffering" by Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust.
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American Experience, TV's most-watched history series, brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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