A Beacon of Hope

Civil War: the Untold Story provides new insights into the causes of the Civil War, life on the home front, the politics of war, the issue of slavery, and the role African Americans played in the conflict. Filmed at the actual battle sites, the five-part series uses re-enactors to recreate epic batt...

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Other Authors: American Public Television., Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase.
Format: Video
Language: English
Published: New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2014], c2013.
Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (56 min.)) : sd., col.
Series: Civil War: The untold story.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Battle of Shiloh Overview (3:37)
  • Western Theater (1:12)
  • Civil War Combat Account (4:24)
  • Shiloh Cease-Fire (1:24)
  • Grant's Resolve (2:28)
  • Shiloh Counterattack (3:05)
  • Shiloh Defeat (3:14)
  • Shiloh Legacy (1:21)
  • Shiloh Aftermath (3:26)
  • John Cockerel's Fate (2:12)
  • Peninsula Campaign (1:40)
  • Contrabands of War (2:08)
  • Escaped Slave Haven (2:32)
  • Emancipation Policy (2:33)
  • Subverting the Confederacy (1:56)
  • Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation (2:21)
  • Battle for Corinth (2:01)
  • Corinth Safe Haven (2:50)
  • Cornith Contraband Camp (3:12)
  • Freedom during War (1:37)
  • Battle of Fredericksburg (0:46)
  • Battle of Stones River (2:12)
  • Credits: A Beacon of Hope (3:23)