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  • The Assault on Fort Stedman

    R.E. Lee’s last offensive against the Union army around Petersburg is recreated in “The Assault on Fort Stedman.” Confederate General John B. Gordon’s elaborate plan to capture a portion of the Union siege lines is explored, including the making of white strips of cloth, used to identify
    Confeder...

  • Antietam
    Movie + 2 extras

    Antietam

    Movie + 2 extras

    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,...

  • A Cowardly Rout

    On July 21, 1861, world-renowned War correspondent and London Times Reporter William Howard Russell would view the greatest military spectacle of his career. The first to report of the famed “Charge of the Light Brigade” would view perhaps a greater military disaster at Bull Run Creek in Manassas...

  • Spencer vs Henry

    Revised and updated for HistoryFix, this program looks at what it took to send the Spencer and Henry rifles into the field with Union soldiers during the Civil War. New for 2023, get a better experience with more recreated battle footage and stills of both original soldiers and the weapons they c...

  • Thrown into the Fire: 16th Connecticut at Antietam

  • Elizabeth Keckley - Slavery to Dress Designer

    This insightful look at Elizabeth Keckley, born into slavery, freed woman, dressmaker to Varina Howell Davis, wife of Jefferson Davis and Mary Todd Lincoln, brings to light a little known part of the Lincoln story and American history

  • Gettysburg and the Iron Brigade Guard

  • 14th Brooklyn | The Red Legged Devils at the Battle of Gettysburg

  • Hunter's Raid: The Battle of Lynchburg

    Movie + 2 extras

    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...

  • Battle of the Wilderness

    A retro documentary about the massive two-day battle is covered in detail in this two-hour documentary of the Battle of the Wilderness. Filmed in the actual Wilderness, west of Fredericksburg, Virginia, The Battle of the Wilderness is the complete story of the beginning of the Overland Campaign o...

  • Forlorn Hope

    Movie

    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

    Movie

    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...

  • Hold My Horse

    Movie + 4 extras

    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. Starring Christian Stolte (Chicago Fire, Public Enemies) and Patrick Webb, this light-hearted look at life b...

  • Maine at Gettysburg

  • Civil Warriors

    Movie

    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

    Movie + 1 extra

    Stuck in the violent Battle of Chickamauga, Lt. Whitney and his men are desperately low on ammunition. If Whitney can’t replenish the low supply, they face prison camp or death.

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  • Fridays at the Front - Shenandoah Valley Stories

    5 seasons

  • Austrian Lorenz Musket

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

  • Across: The Father Tolton Freedom Story

    Movie + 4 extras

    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 ...

  • The Road to Valhalla
    Movie + 3 extras

    The Road to Valhalla

    Movie + 3 extras

    Buck Taylor stars in The Road to Valhalla - A place of honor, glory and happiness where heroes slain in battle are received.

  • 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!

  • Coffee Mill Sharps - Civi War artifact

  • Sword and Saber Nomenclature

    Updated with additional photography and remastered audio.