Death and the Civil War, Chapter 1
Clip: Season 28 Episode 9 | 11m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
How the US dealt with the huge number of dead in the Civil War.
How the young United States dealt with the unprecedented and overwhelming number of dead in the Civil War. The Ric Burns film is based on the book "This Republic of Suffering" by Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust.
Corporate sponsorship for American Experience is provided by Liberty Mutual Insurance and Carlisle Companies. Major funding by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
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Death and the Civil War, Chapter 1
Clip: Season 28 Episode 9 | 11m 22sVideo has Closed Captions
How the young United States dealt with the unprecedented and overwhelming number of dead in the Civil War. The Ric Burns film is based on the book "This Republic of Suffering" by Harvard President Drew Gilpin Faust.
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