Blood and Fury: America's Civil War

An examination of the most significant engagements of the 1861-65 War Between the States begins with the first Battle of Bull Run in Virginia on July 21, 1861.

Dec. 1862: Following the strategic Union win at Antietam, Federal forces clash with a massive Rebel army in the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia. In what will become the largest fight of the Civil War.

The Battle of Nashville, a December 1864 clash in which Union forces under Gen. John Hood routed Gen. George Thomas Confederates in Tennessee, is recalled.