Begins with the nightmarish Union disaster at Fredericksburg and
the two climaxes that spring: at Chancellorsville in May, where
Lee wins his most brilliant victory but loses Stonewall Jackson,
and at Vicksburg, where Grant's attempts to take the city are
stopped. During the episode, we learn of fierce Northern
opposition to Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation, the miseries
of regimental life, and the increasing desperation of the
Confederate home front. As the episode ends, Lee decides to
invade the North to draw Grant's forces away from Vicksburg.
Late Nineteenth Century (1866-1899) Art of the West Picturing
America Resource