[Mike Darancette]

You actually got through that whole thing?

I think "The Civil War" was the greatest masterpiece of history ever televised. I read all of the source history books used in the program and found that very little license was taken. Going in I had no idea of all that happened at that time and was deeply moved that America endured that crucible to become as great as she is.

Pick your poison as to the right or wrong of that war but this movie was history at it's finest.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

The problem with that series was that it ignored the genocidal holocaust created by the Democrat party and made pretend that it was a war between farmers and evil government types (read Republicans) when that was not the case at all. It was a war between those hellbent on seeing the destruction of the US and those hellbent on freedom for all

[Hugin]

Save your breath. The neo-Confederates here are adamant that the Civil War had nothing to do with slavery, and anyone who disputes their historical revisionism is ignorant, stupid, dishonest, or all three. Kind of like how Obama and Kerry are convinced ISIS has nothing to do with Islam.

[PeaRidge]

Here is what Burns and his source books did not tell you:
1. The slave trade was a New England and European enterprise,
2. At the time Lincoln ordered a Federal Naval force to invade Charleston in April of 1861,all three branches of the Federal government had endorsed slavery.
3. After secession, the federal government lost over 80 per cent of its revenue.
4. The City of New York was in discussion to secede from the Union.

[mware]

...and Shelby Foote, I just fell in love with that cutie.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Rubbish. Your statement is contradictory. Either you are well read on the subject or you let a liberal teach you history by video. Why a conservative would endorse the liberal worldview is beyond me.