The American Civil War began with tension, but it erupted with cannon fire at Fort Sumter. What followed was the chaotic and shocking Battle of Bull Run, where both sides realized the war would not be ...

PBS will rebroadcast The Civil War, an award-winning documentary series from Ken Burns starting on April 3rd. But the public television network is offering the first ...

My wife and I decided to again watch the Ken Burns epic masterpiece series “The Civil War.” We saw it when it came out in 1990. We were so impressed with it back then and even more so now but for a ...

More than a century before streaming platforms and superhero cinematic universes, American filmmakers were already chasing scale, spectacle, the war film and national history. One of the boldest ...

This 4-hour Civil War epic ditches clichés for historical accuracy, battle strategy, and gripping realism.