Blood and Glory: The Civil War in Color

2014 • HISTORY
4.9
28 reviews
TV-14
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Season 1 episodes (2)

1 The March to War
4/7/15
The Civil War, one of the most defining moments in American history, tore the nation apart, pitting North against South--brother against brother. Over the course of four years, more than 750,000 military and civilian lives were sacrificed to make the United States a more perfect union, where the human rights of every person are guaranteed. BLOOD AND GLORY: THE CIVIL WAR IN COLOR brings this important historical event to life in a two-part documentary special as never seen before. With unprecedented access to government and private archives and using state-of-the-art technology, over 500 rare and compelling black and white photographs have been painstakingly colorized to illustrate the story of the Civil War in breathtaking detail. (Part 1 of 2.)
2 Bloodbath
4/14/15
The Civil War, one of the most defining moments in American history, tore the nation apart, pitting North against South--brother against brother. Over the course of four years, more than 750,000 military and civilian lives were sacrificed to make the United States a more perfect union, where the human rights of every person are guaranteed. BLOOD AND GLORY: THE CIVIL WAR IN COLOR brings this important historical event to life in a two-part documentary special as never seen before. With unprecedented access to government and private archives and using state-of-the-art technology, over 500 rare and compelling black and white photographs have been painstakingly colorized to illustrate the story of the Civil War in breathtaking detail. (Part 2 of 2.)

About this show

This is an H2 Civil War miniseries to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War in April 2015. In the style of WWII in HD and Vietnam in HD, we will tell the story of the Civil War through the experience of a collection of carefully selected soldiers. Selected by the quality of the primary source materials and covering the breadth of the four years of the war, potential portraits for the North could be: John Geary, Division Commander from Pennsylvania who fought in all the major campaigns and whose son died in his arms on the battlefield; the Taylor Brothers who were volunteers from the First Minnesota, one of whom died at Gettysburg; and Charles Wainwright, an artillery officer from New York whose voluminous diary was so good, it was published. The South could include: Edward Porter Alexander from Georgia whose memoir of his fighting in all the major battles is considered the best Southern memoir; Decimus et Ultimus Barziza from Virginia, named because he was the 10th and last child in his family, who was captured and escaped.

Ratings and reviews

4.9
28 reviews
Christi Nash
June 26, 2015
Great opportunity to examine old photos in color with historic information in an accessible and exciting format. I can't give this five stars though because the format tries a bit too hard to be eye catching versus accurate, like history for people who are easily bored. Also they're fairly honest about the wrongs of the north, but it still feels a tad biased, leaving out huge chunks of info about what actually led up to the civil war besides slavery.
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Joe Russo
April 19, 2015
I give this 5 stars because I have seen a lot of photographs of the Civil War and there's something about putting them in color that makes you feel like it happened yesterday. this is a truly amazing series. to all and any war buffs I recommend watching this , you'll definitely like it expecially if you liked World War 2 in HD or Vietnam in HD. :-) :-)
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kevin edwards
August 12, 2015
This is an unflinching and provocative look at the Civil War. The pictures in color provide a different prospective on the war. And show the true brutality of war.
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