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  • Battle at Shiloh: The Devil's Own Two Days

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    characters, based on real-life accounts, each filmed as documentary-style interviews.
    These stories reveal the dramatic and haunting effects of Shiloh, which resulted in almost 24,000 maimed, missing or dead; more casualties than in all previous American wars combined. The Battle of Shiloh marke...

  • Chancellorsville

    The most comprehensive film study of the Union Army's major attempt to win the war in the eastern theater in 1863. Filmed on the actual battlefield, and at the Claymont estate near Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, Chancellorsville brings to life Joseph Hooker's grand plan to sweep around the Confede...

  • Cailloux: The Fight to Freedom

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    The incredible true story of a man born enslaved, who eventually let the first assault by Black soldiers in the Civil War. Andre Cailloux’s courage became a rallying cry in their fight to end slavery. Told through the works of local New Orleans artists and preeminent experts, this important and p...

  • The Gettysburg Electric Map

    Get primed for the anniversary by watching The Gettysburg Electric Map like you’ve never seen it before. Photographs, graphics and combat action have been added to enhance the viewing experience.The original map was researched, designed and constructed in the late 1930s and featured electric ligh...

  • August Light: Wilson's Creek and the Battle for Missouri

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    The Battle of Wilson's Creek, the second major battle of the Civil War, marked the beginning of four years of invading armies and ruthless guerrilla warfare. Told through the experiences of civilians and soldiers, this film presents an unprecedented depiction of the clash between North and South ...

  • Maine at Gettysburg

  • Antietam
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    Antietam

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    Unique, educational, and action-packed, Antietam, A Documentary Film was filmed on the actual Antietam battlefield and captured in 35mm motion picture film. It is narrated by James Earl Jones and includes four, on-site historians, working in pairs, two to each side, as they walk the battlefield,...

  • Fredericksburg
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    Fredericksburg

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    Fredericksburg, A Documentary Film is the complete story of the Union army's attempt to force a river crossing in front of the town of Fredericksburg, and dislodge the Confederates from their defenses, which would have opened the road to Richmond in December 1862. It is a unique film for a unique...

  • In the Valley of Death

    Originally filmed in standard definition, this Civil War short film is set around the Chancellorsville campaign depicting first hand soldier accounts from the war.

  • Hunter's Raid: The Battle of Lynchburg

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    June, 1864. During the American Civil War, General David Hunter and his Army of 18,000 Union soldiers are ordered to capture Lynchburg, Virginia. If Hunter can seize this important Southern city, it might cripple the Confederacy permanently, and end the war. Defended only by old men and young boy...

  • Forlorn Hope

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    On a warm summer afternoon, late in the Civil War, more than 850 Maine Soldiers accepted orders to charge an entrenched Confederate position on the outskirts of Petersburg, Virginia. Within 10 minutes of their charge, more than 630 of those soldiers were struck down. It was the largest number of ...

  • Wicked Spring

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    During the 1864 battle of the Wilderness, three Union soldiers and three Confederate Soldiers get separated from their units as twilight engulfs the ravaged battlefield. The men wander alone through the dangerous woods, separate from each other until they meet by chance on the banks of a quiet cr...

  • 160th Anniversary Maryland Campaign

    This exclusive video showcases the 160th Anniversary Maryland Campaign "A Perfect Homespun Waterloo" the fight at Snavely Ford & Otto's Cornfield at Antietam Creek, Maryland.

  • Hold My Horse
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    Hold My Horse

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    Prone to dressing in civilian clothes when not on duty, Civil War General Israel Richardson decides to teach a lesson to an arrogant young lieutenant tasked with delivering him a message.

    The story is drawn from a diary left by Daniel Crotty, a Civil War veteran. Set in the spring of 1862, the ...

  • Soldiers All
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    Soldiers All

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    In the tradition of Stephen Crane's Red Badge of Courage, but with a broader sweep of time and events, Soldiers All carries the viewer from the exciting, early days of the conflict, to the grim, day-to-day battles in the trenches, and the poignant scenes of the veteran-reunions. It is the complet...

  • Civil Warriors

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    CIVIL WARRIORS tells the true story of two black families from upstate New York -- fathers and sons who enlisted in the US Colored Troops and fought in the Civil War. Their compelling story unfolds in a film and curriculum through a unique interweaving of historical images and the rhythm and ener...

  • The Compact

    The Compact is the story of 12 Union Soldiers from the American Civil War. Raised across the country, they met in a hospital in Pennsylvania. They are drawn to make a compact to better their lives and meet 20 years later at Niagara Falls, NY. Meet the men and hear their stories.

  • Whitney's Mettle
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    Whitney's Mettle

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  • Fridays at the Front

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  • Austrian Lorenz Musket

    Enjoy this updated, re-edited, and remastered version created specifically for HistoryFix in 2022!

  • Across: The Father Tolton Freedom Story

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    During the chaos of the Civil War, a Missouri slave boy makes an attempt to escape, despite a cruel overseer, Confederate soldiers, and the mighty Mississippi River blocking his path. Across is based on the true story of Augustine Tolton, an early Civil Rights hero.

    This short film is the first ...

  • Ashburn

    When a former slave, turned Union soldier, goes missing at the end of the Civil War, three mercenaries are hired by the Union Army to find him by any means necessary. Former MMA fighter, Keith Jardine (Godless) turns in another promising performance in a cinematic gem of film!

  • Hans Christian Heg - Union soldier

    Biographies often get made about people who seem almost larger than life in history. There are many others whose stories are equally as compelling that deserve to be told and remembered. In this episode one of those stories is told - that of Hans Christian Heg. There are many words that could de...

  • Coffee Mill Sharps - Civi War artifact