Sunday Feature: 2: The War of the NorthSeries 1, episode 0The American Civil War: Dr Adam Smith explores the American Civil War, 150 years since its start. Smith travels from Lincoln's home town of Springfield, Illinois, to Washington, DC, and the battlefields of Virginia as he asks why the North fought and what it won. With the help of leading historians including Eric Foner, Gary Gallagher, Ed Ayres, James McPherson and Chandra Manning, Adam reveals the worlds and minds of the North, considers the relationship between the Civil War and Emancipation and asks whether the victory of the North means that a conflict that killed more than half a million Americans should now be a cause for celebration Click to see when Sunday Feature, 2: The War of the North is coming up on UK TV |
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