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When Richmond landowner Washington Faulconer snatches young Nate Starbuck from the grip of a Yankee-hating mob, Nate is both grateful and awed by this idealistic rescuer. To repay his generosity, he enlists in the Faulconer legion to fight against his home, the North, and against his abolitionist father. When the regiment joins up, ready to march into ferocious battle at Bull Run, the men are prepared to start a war. . . but they aren't ready for...

You are living through a pivotal time in the history of the United States. The country has split in two as the Civil War between the North and the South has begun. Both sides are preparing for the war's first major battle. You will need all of your wits to survive this bloody time.

Ken Burns' Emmy Award-winning documentary brings to life America's most destructive and defining conflict. The Civil War is the saga of celebrated generals and ordinary soldiers, a heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one.

Fort Sumter to Bull Run.

Contains episode 1 fom the Civil War.

Discusses the first major battle of the Civil War fought in Bull Run, Virginia.

This book tells of the early part of the Civil War, from the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April of 1861 to the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, where more than 50,000 soldiers died.

An epic documentary bringing life to America's most destructive - and defining - conflict. Here is the saga of celebrated generals and the ordinary soldiers. A heroic and transcendent president and a country that had to divide itself in two in order to become one again.