From 1861 to 1865, bloody battles were waged across the country by more than 3 million men. Start with Civil War facts, then make time on your calendar to watch this selection of documentaries.

Documentary by MSUM students centers on African-American Civil War veteran and Moorhead barber MSUM students premiere ‘The Pioneer Barber,’ about Felix Battles, who played a pivotal role in ...

Civil War history buff Joseph Wilson of Magnolia and his musician brother Michael of Barrington wrote and produced the documentary, "Civil War Prisons: An American Tragedy." They collaborated with ...

My name's Ric Burns. I was the writer/director of Death and the Civil War: two-hour documentary film made/based on Drew Faust's really remarkable book, This Republic of Suffering. The Civil War is ...

A local film maker hosts free premiere of his second Civil War documentary on Thursday in Camden County ...

Moreover, "The American Revolution" attempts to capture the true scope of the conflict, which Burns sees as not just a war for independence, but a civil war that became a world war.

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Peacock has acquired Civil War (Or, Who Do We Think We Are), a documentary from director Rachel Boynton whose EPs include Brad Pitt and Henry Louis Gates Jr. The film will bow June 17 on ...

An African American family is posed for a portrait in a circa-1899 or 1900 photo, among those compiled by W.E.B. DuBois, included in the PBS documentary, "Reconstruction: America After the Civil War." ...

Watching the "Civil War" documentary series again raised concerns about divisions in modern America and the possibilities of another civil war, Frank Sobolewski of North Royalton writes in letter ...

The American Civil War was arguably one of the most devastating conflicts in the history of the United States. Fought over slavery, it divided families and communities and, of course, the nation ...

Milwaukee filmmaker Brad Lichtenstein and director Yoruba Richen's new documentary dives into a cold case from the civil rights era and airs on PBS.