First-hand accounts, archival photography and dramatic reenactments are combined for the documentary series Civil War: Blood and Honor, chronicling the 19th-century conflict that saw the United States split in two. This first episode recounts the catalysts for the war as well as the opening stages.

The Civil War: Blood and Honor documentary series continues with this second installment. Highlights include the bloody and indecisive Battle of Shiloh.

Each entry of Civil War: Blood and Honor covers a different segment of the US Civil War, combining firsthand accounts from diaries with dramatic reenactments. This third installment covers some of the fiercest and bloodiest battles of the conflict.

This fifth installment of the documentary series Civil War: Blood and Honor sees the final throes of the Confederate force followed by victory for the Union.

Stacy Keach narrates this well-mounted Civil War docudrama. Filmed on location, The Last Full Measure recounts the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863. Scenes of the battleground as it looks today are intercut with vintage engravings. The confrontation itself is re-enacted by Civil War buffs, as Keach reads contemporary eyewitness accounts.

The story of Sylvanus Thayer and how he transformed the Military Academy into an institution known for its history of moulding great leaders.