The Civil War
The Cause
Season 1 Episode 1 of 9
An account of the origins of the American Civil War, which began in 1861 when 11 southern slave states formed the Confederate States of America and declared their withdrawal from the United States. Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis vied as presidents of the Union and Confederacy respectively
The Civil War airs on PBS America at 6:00 AM, Tuesday 7 May. (Subtitles.)
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