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The Essential Civil War Collection

The Essential Civil War Collection

This special collection shines the spotlight on some of the most intriguing storylines and personalities from one of the bloodiest chapters in our nation’s history. THE ESSENTIAL CIVIL WAR COLLECTION includes: one of the lesser [...]

Giving Thanks...and more stories to celebrate American Heritage

Giving Thanks...and more stories to celebrate American Heritage

4 stories promote thankfulness and the celebration of American heritage. Stories include narration by Chief Jake Swamp, Danny Glover and others, and show the history of Native Americans, Pilgrims and two of American’s most influential leaders.

Death Masks

Death Masks

Before the advent of photography, one of the most effective ways of preserving authentic visages of the dead was through the creation of DEATH MASKS. In this fascinating documentary, HISTORY™ reveals how some of history’s [...]

Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship ... and more stories to celebrate U.S. History

Lincoln and Douglass: An American Friendship ... and more stories to celebrate U.S. History

Featuring four best-selling and award winning stories, Lincoln and Douglas is sure to excite curiousity and interest in America’s history.

HISTORY Classics: Famous Figures of the Civil War

HISTORY Classics: Famous Figures of the Civil War

It was the war that divided a nation. Experience America’s bloodiest era beside some of its most famous figures as HISTORY recounts in this comprehensive collection four years of civil war through the eyes of [...]

Lincoln and Lee At Antietam: The Cost of Freedom

Lincoln and Lee At Antietam: The Cost of Freedom

It’s September 17, 1862 and President Abraham Lincoln needs a victory in order to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and end slavery in the South. But Robert E. Lee has other plans – to invade the [...]

Trans-Continental Railroads

Trans-Continental Railroads

On a somber day in Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln ended his famous address with a promise that the war-torn nation would be reborn. The greatest symbol of that rebirth had already begun, hailed as an engineering [...]

Secrets of the Civil War

Secrets of the Civil War

Even today, almost 150 years after Lee’s surrender at Appomattox Court House, unexpected secrets and little known stories continue to emerge from Civil War history. In this outstanding 4-DVD set from HISTORY™, archival letters, original [...]

The Last Days of the Civil War

The Last Days of the Civil War

It was the gravest crisis in American history. For four bitter years, Union and Confederate troops battled to determine the fate of a divided nation, with the outcome unclear until the very end. THE LAST [...]