Click on a video title below to explore stories focused on America’s Civil War.

History Spotlight: Ulysses Grant’s Love Story

Brad Meltzer and the Lincoln Conspiracy

Firing on Fort Sumter Begins America’s Civil War | Time Trip to April 12-13, 1861

The History Behind the Movie | Lincoln

Robert E. Lee Victorious at Chancellorsville | Time Trip to May 6, 1863

How Ulysses S. Grant Went From General to Legend | Reenactor Stan Prater

Lee Surrenders at Appomattox | Time Trip to April 9, 1865

History by the Month | April in the Civil War

Abraham Lincoln and America’s Most Perilous Year | The Close Call of 1862

Civil War Turning Point at the Battle of Shiloh | Time Trip to April 6-7, 1862

Civil War St Louis | City of Tension in a Divided State

A State Divided | The Civil War Erupts in Missouri

Building Grant’s Gunboats | The Civil War Story of James B. Eads

The Zealot and the Emancipator: John Brown, Abraham Lincoln, and the Struggle for American Freedom