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this is a film about storytelling. about how we tell the story of our country's past. why do we want to believe one version and not another? maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. there is one episode of america's history that is told very differently depending on who you are and where you live. it is the story of our civil war and what came after. ♪♪ >> the winds of war blew across the land, made of it a country divided. friend turned into foe. brother fought against brother. it was such a long and drawn-out struggle, and the feeling on both sides was so intense. >> we'r...

seeded states are now free. >> confederates respond saying, okay, fine, if we see black men carrying weapons against us, we will consider that the north's slave rebellion. >> that moment it becomes a war to abolish slavery. >> and there occurs the greatest battle of the war at getties berg on july 1st, 2nd and 3 in 1963. >> pennsylvania is as far as the north confederate army has ever gotten. if the union lost here, it cleared the way for lee to continue marching into new york. they could cutoff the northern states and new england from the mississippi river which would have been a hu...

seceded states are now free. >> confederates respond saying, okay, fine, if we see black men carrying weapons against us, we will consider that as a symbol of the north's complicit in slave rebellion. >> at that moment, the war becomes a war to abolish slavery. >> there occurs the greatest battle of the war at gettysburg on july 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 1863. >> pennsylvania is as far north as the confederate army has ever gotten. if the union lost here, it cleared the way for lee to continue marching into new york. they could cut off the northern states and new england from the mississippi...

excitement actually at that point on both sides because people have anticipated this for so long. some people were itching for a fight. >> they think war is a glorious thing and let's go and do it. >> but in the spring lincoln's overeager young friend from springfield, elmer ellsworth, a short but very dashing commander of a drill team, would go with the lincoln boys to the roof of the white house and look out with a telescope. and over the river they saw a confederate flag flying from the top of a hotel. and ellsworth, for one, was offended. >> ellsworth led a band across the river ...

point on both sides because people have anticipated this for so long. some people were itching for a fight. >> they think war is a glorious thing and let's go and do it. >> but in the spring, lincoln's overeager young friend from springfield, elmer ellsworth, a short but very dashing commander of a drill team would go with the lincoln boys to the roof of the white house and look out with a telescope. and over the river they saw a confederate flag flying from the top of a hotel. and ellsworth, for one, was offended. >> ellsworth led a band across the river to tear down the confederate...