Worth watching as a visual supplement to written history but far from complete and contains inaccuracies. He states that Robert E. Lee opposed slavery. This position is belied by Lee's ownership of 92 slaves and his treatment thereof. The documentary omits and vastly understates the actions of women who played major roles in the Civil War, including even Clara Barton, which is quite a feat of historical revisionism, while including plentiful trivia that slows the pacing of the documentary. It reiterates as fact accusations of Grant's drinking during the war, which were character assassinations by his detractors and not factual accounts of his wartime drinking. Grant's heavy drinking occurred earlier in his life, not during the war. Grant's weakness during that time of his life was the cigar. The tactical and strategic coverage is good.
Review of The Civil War
