Jody Matzer
Gen. James Longstreet
Bill O'Reilly's Legends & Lies (2015)
American Civil War
Longtime Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly serves as an executive producer of this adaptation of the "Legends & Lies" book series. The documentary series explores the stories behind events and the notable historical figures involved. Historical re-enactments and analysis from historians and other experts are used to bring viewers details about the topic discussed in each episode.
Released April 12, 2015
Episode 60 min
17+
Genres: Biography, Documentary, Drama
Keywords: imdb.ampersand-in-title, imdb.ampersand-in-series-title, imdb.punctuation-in-title, imdb.punctuation-in-series-title, imdb.docudrama, imdb.reenactment
Network: FOX
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S3E1 - John Brown: This Guilty Land
Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.
March 25, 2018, midnight
S3E2 - Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins
Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.
April 1, 2018, midnight
S3E3 - Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides
Robert E. Lee, who once turned down command of Northern forces, becomes the top Confederate general; Ulysses S. Grant scores Union victories in the West.
April 8, 2018, midnight
S3E4 - Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day
Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.
April 15, 2018, midnight
S3E5 - Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire
A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.
April 22, 2018, midnight
S3E6 - Gettysburg: The High Water Mark
The North turns back the South's invasion; a heroic bayonet charge led by Maine's Joshua Chamberlain; the doomed Confederate charge led by Gen. George Pickett.
April 29, 2018, midnight
S3E7 - Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War
Once drummed out of the army for drinking, Ulysses S. Grant earns his place as the North's best general; the Union's first black regiment marches into battle;
May 6, 2018, midnight
S3E8 - Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag
A U.S. senator, war hero, and presidential aspirant who has much in common with Abraham Lincoln; Jefferson Davis answers the call to lead the Confederate States of America;
May 13, 2018, midnight
S3E9 - Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign
George McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;
May 20, 2018, midnight
S3E10 - William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War
Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman burns Atlanta and marches to the sea; Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Robert E. Lee's surrender at Appomattox, Virginia.
May 27, 2018, midnight
S3E11 - John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;
June 3, 2018, midnight
S3E12 - The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother
The defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;
June 10, 2018, midnight
FOX
60 min/ep
2040 min
April 12, 2015
June 10, 2018, midnight
Returning Series
TV-MA / 17+
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