Dissolving Union News Today

But jefferson davis, like lincoln, is under pressure to attack his enemys capital. an ambitious plan to engage the union troops is fueled by a southern attitude of confidence and superiority. >> any man from alabamas worth at least three yanks. well be home in a week. >> now, what the rebel troops may lack in numbers and equipment, they make up for with a rebel pride, a fierce determination to hold on to their southern way of life no matter the consequence. >> [ chuckles ] >> with the confederat...

Being sort of beneath him. >> while mcclellan stalls the union offensive in d.c., another general is on the attack in western tennessee. after capturing fort henry, ulysses s. grant pushes toward fort donelson, a vital confederate outpost. for grant, this is the first step toward redeeming his past disgraces. >> at the beginning of the american civil war, ulysses s. grant is a has-been, kind of a loser. this guy had had a promising military career. kind of whittled it away at the bottom of a whi...

Cost him and the union greatly. >> with his army on the march to manassas, lincoln faces another threat from inside washington, d.c. confederate spies have infiltrated every corner of the capital, from saloons to bedrooms. >> are the soldiers finally going to be attacking the rebels? >> yes, indeed. >> rose oneal greenhow was a matron of washington, d.c., society. she was very wealthy, very connected. >> how many soldiers are going to be risking their lives for us, henry? i want to pray for ever...

The union. colonel william tecumseh sherman is one man committed to preserving the union at any cost. >> sherman is passionate and driven and has a tremendous resentment on the part of northerners, like himself, that the southerners have caused this, in his eyes. >> colonel sherman! crest that hill! >> yes, sir! >> this way, men! this way! >> as confederate casualties mount, general barnard bee orders his south carolina brigade to fall back. >> retreat! retreat! >> with the confederates in retre...

The coming months and years will test his limits as a man, his fortitude as a leader, and the resiliency of democracy. but even with the union hanging in the balance, for the devoted father, losing his sick son may be too much to bear. >> [ coughing ] great, another dead end. sarge, i just got a tip thatll crack this case wide open! turns out the prints at the crime scene- awwwww...did mcgruffy wuffy get a tippy wippy? im serious! we gotta move fast before- whos a good boy? is him a good boy? er...

Risks losing their support, which he desperately needs as the war drags on. >> mr. president, im happy to -- >> general, it has been nearly a year with no battle undertaken at your command. and now rumors fly that you are a confederate. >> i built this army single-handedly out of drunken rabble. >> you do not deny you have friends in the south. >> of course i have friends in the south, as do you, as does everyone in the north. i have been chosen to save this union, not to destroy it, not to chan...

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Grief-induced madness, lincoln faces an even greater fear, a dissolving union and an end to american democracy. >> lincoln believed that if there was one split in the union, the rest of thenion would fall apart, the confederate states would fall apart, and, all of a sudden, instead of one peaceful country, there might be 15, and there would be no end to the wars. >> hope arrives when general mcclellan finally his moves army into virginia. at sea a new technological advancement holds even more pr...

Grief-induced madness, lincoln faces an even greater fear, a dissolving union and an end to american democracy. >> lincoln believed that if there was one split in the union, the rest of the union would fall apart, the confederate states would fall apart, and, all of a sudden, instead of one peaceful country, there might be 15, and there would be no end to the wars. >> hope arrives when general mcclellan finally his moves army into virginia. at sea a new technological advancement holds even more ...

Risks losing their support, which he desperately needs as the war drags on. >> mr. president, im happy to -- >> general, it has been nearly a year with no battle undertaken at your command. and now rumors fly that you are a confederate. >> i built this army single-handedly out of drunken rabble. >> you do not deny you have friends in the south. >> of course i have friends in the south, as do you, as does everyone in the north. i have been chosen to save this union, not to destroy it, not to chan...