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That he would achieve re-election. >> forward, march! >> after the overland campaign, lincoln begins to doubt his top general, but grant redeems himself by pulling off one of the most audacious maneuvers of the war. he secretly crosses the james river and surrounds petersburg, a crucial supply hub for richmond, catching the rebels by surprise. >> if we dispatch general early with a sizable force to attack washington, grant will have no choice but to divert his troops. >> it certainly would ease the pressure on us here. we might even be able to capture lincoln himself. >> as grant's army digs i...

Re-election. >> forward, march! >> after the overland campaign, lincoln begins to doubt his top general, but grant redeems himself by pulling off one of the most audacious maneuvers of the war. he secretly crosses the james river and surrounds petersburg, a crucial supply hub for richmond, catching the rebels by surprise. >> if we dispatch general early with a sizable force to attack washington, grant will have no choice but to divert his troops. >> it certainly would ease the pressure on us here. we might even be able to capture lincoln himself. >> as grant's army digs in for a siege, confede...

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 o'neal 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 every one of them. >> [ laughs ] 35,000 prayers. >> [ gasps ] [ both laugh ] >> rose used her connectio...

From trade and slowly squeeze the life out of them. >> so, winfield scott has a plan. it's a two-pronged assault on the southern economy by shutting down port of new orleans and all the ports on the east coast and the gulf coast. it becomes known as the anaconda plan. but the blockade, man. i mean, that's gonna take -- you know, it could take years. that's not something lincoln wants to hear. >> we must take action now. >> but our troops are green sir. >> you were all green alike. >> history often paints president lincoln as a patient, cool-headed, almost stoic politician, but at the beginning...

>> shiloh was the first great slaughter of the war. and it was just a back-and-forth, brutal, brutal battle that saw the southerners drive the northern troops almost all the way into the tennessee river. >> fire! [ insects chirping ] >> by nightfall, grant's army is devastated. the union soldiers are in no position to fight. even general william tecumseh sherman is ready to withdraw to safer ground. >> [ coughs ] >> it's okay. after that terrible sunday at shiloh, the only thing just impossible as it seemed to be was to put the river between us and the enemy and recuperate.