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Season 2 · Episode 19

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General James Longstreet: Lee’s Prodigal Son

0.01h 0mJune 22, 1994

Story of the masterful soldier and aide to Robert E. Lee, whose understanding of warfare foretold its style in the 20th century.

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Episode 1Robert E. Lee
Episode 2Sherman and the March to the Sea
Episode 3General Joshua L. Chamberlain
Episode 4Lincoln & Gettysburg
Episode 5Battlefield Medicine
Episode 6The Battle of Fredericksburg
Episode 7Frederick Douglass
Episode 8Reporting the War

Episode 9

The Battle of Chattanooga

Episode 10Women at War

Episode 11Nathan Bedford Forrest

Episode 12The Battles of Franklin & Nashville

Episode 13Zouaves!

Episode 14Shadows of Lightning: J.E.B. Stuart & the CSA Cavalry

Episode 15Terrible Swift Sword: The Union Cavalry

Episode 16The Secret War: Civil War Spies

Episode 17War Crimes: The Death Camps

Episode 18The Traitor President: Jefferson Davis

Episode 19General James Longstreet: Lee’s Prodigal Son

Episode 20Garden of the Dead: Arlington Cemetery

Episode 21The Battle of Charleston

Episode 22The Battle and Siege of Vicksburg

Episode 23Caught in the Maelstrom: Civilians in the War

Episode 24The Taking of New Orleans

Episode 25The Superb General Hancock

Episode 26Iron Jaws: Killing Power of Civil War Artillery