NaN/100 votesLoading...#1 - John Brown's War
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/1993
Civil War Journal covers the life and exploits of John Brown. With his revolutionary ideas and actions, he will be one of the catalysts that would lead to the civil war.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#2 - Stonewall Jackson
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/1993
Confederate Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson leads troops at Fredericksburg, both battles at Bull Run, and Chancellorsville.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#3 - Destiny at Ft. Sumter
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/1993
When President Abraham Lincoln tries to resupply Union soldiers at Fort Sumter in Charleston's harbor, the Confederate response leads to the opening of the Civil War.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#4 - McClellan's Way
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/1993
The rise and fall of Union Gen. George McClellan, and how his repeated clashes with Abraham Lincoln doomed his leadership of the Union Army.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#5 - The 54th Massachusetts
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/1993
America's first black regiment, the 54th Massachusetts, fights at Fort Wagner.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#6 - The Gray Ghost: John Singleton Mosby
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/6/1993
Dangerous, discreet, and enterprising, Confederate scout and guerrilla raider John Singleton Mosby’s operations embarrassed generals and wreaked havoc through the end of the war.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#7 - Alexander Gardner: War Photographer
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/13/1993
The story of the photographer whose pictures captured bloody battlefield scenes and who actually drew more notice in his time than the legendary Mathew Brady.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#8 - The Battle of 1st Bull Run
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 10/20/1993
Fought in July 1861, the first major battle of the Civil War introduces both sides to the horrors of war.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#9 - Pickett's Charge
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 10/27/1993
Pickett charges Union forces at Gettysburg.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#10 - Banners of Glory
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 11/3/1993
An account of how the Union and Confederate flags were not only symbols of pride and nationhood, but also served other important functions during the Civil War.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#11 - West Point Classmates
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/10/1993
Prior to the Civil War, many opposing leaders -- including Gens. Grant an Lee -- were West Point classmates.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#12 - The USS Monitor vs. the CSS Virginia
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 11/17/1993
In March 1862, the North's USS Monitor and the South's CSS Virginia clashed in an inclusive battle. But the ironclads changed naval warfare forever.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#13 - Days of Darkness: Gettysburg Civilians
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 11/24/1993
The battle at Gettysburg affects the townspeople.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#14 - Robert E. Lee
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 2/16/1994
The legend, the myth, and the reality behind the Confederate leader renowned as much for his exalted character and leadership qualities as his tactical brilliance on the battlefield.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#15 - Sherman and the March to the Sea
Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 2/23/1994
From the glow of burning Atlanta to the capture of Savannah, this documentary chronicles the scorched-earth policy of one of the Union's most effective--and feared--generals.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#16 - General Joshua L. Chamberlain
Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 3/2/1994
Find out how a quiet academic from Maine rose to fame on the battlefield, including his heroism at Little Round Top during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#17 - Lincoln & Gettysburg
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 3/9/1994
Chronicling the July 1863 Battle of Gettysburg and President Lincoln's celebrated address at the site on Nov. 19 of that year. Included: skirmishes at Little Round Top and Devil's Den; Gen. Pickett's charge on the Union line at Cemetery Ridge.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#18 - Battlefield Medicine
Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 3/16/1994
The Civil War soldier's deadliest foe--disease. Typhoid and dysentery claimed more lives than battlefield wounds, and poor diet, unsanitary conditions, and emotional strain took a deadly toll.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#19 - The Battle of Fredericksburg
Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 3/23/1994
How a bumbling military bureaucracy undermined Union General Ambrose Burnside's strategy, leaving his troops exposed to decimation by Robert E. Lee's Confederate forces.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#20 - Frederick Douglass
Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 3/30/1994
A profile of abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#21 - Reporting the War
Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 4/6/1994
How did journalism shatter the romantic notion of war? Explore how the work of Alfred Waud, Winslow Homer, and other talented reporters, artists, and photographers brought tragedy home.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#22 - The Battle of Chattanooga
Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 4/13/1994
The Battle of Chattanooga (Nov. 23-25, 1863), in which Union troops led by Gens. U.S. Grant and George H. Thomas crushed the Confederates at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge. The victory is considered a turning point because it enabled the North to split the eastern part of the Confederacy.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#23 - Women at War
Season 2 Episode 10 - Aired 4/20/1994
In the midst of great hardship, women from both the North and South were inspired to join the war effort, taking on surprising new roles either in factories or on the frontline.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#24 - Nathan Bedford Forrest
Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 4/27/1994
The controversial Confederate Army hero who was called "the most remarkable man our Civil War produced on either side" by General Sherman, and who later became Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan.
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NaN/100 votesLoading...#25 - The Battles of Franklin & Nashville
Season 2 Episode 12 - Aired 5/4/1994
The spectacular defeat of the Army of Tennessee in 1864 as Union soldiers held off charging brigades at Franklin, then destroyed Confederate forces as large numbers of civilian spectators looked on.
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The Best Episodes of Civil War Journal
Every episode of Civil War Journal ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Civil War Journal!
Documentary series exploring the people, technology and battles behind the war between the states.
Genre:Documentary
Network:A&E
Best Episodes Summary
"John Brown's War" is the best rated episode of "Civil War Journal". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 9/1/1993. This episode scored NaN points higher than the second highest rated, "Stonewall Jackson".