Legends & Lies
Profiles of notable figures in American history, through dramatic re-enactments, interviews with descendants and historians, and archival photographs.
Genre: Documentary, Biography, History
Cast:Dermot Mulroney , Bill O'Reilly , Timothy Brooks , Brian Kilmeade , Dan Matteucci , Sean Archulet , Fritz Klein , Justin Young , Joel King , Dwight Tolar , Garry Nation , Jody Matzer , Mark Lacy , Daniel Potes , Richard Lafleur , John Henry Richardson , Alexander McPherson , Adam Jones
S3.E1 ∙ John Brown: This Guilty Land
Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.
S3.E2 ∙ 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.
S3.E3 ∙ 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.
S3.E4 ∙ 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.
S3.E5 ∙ Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire
A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.
S3.E6 ∙ 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.
S3.E7 ∙ 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;
S3.E8 ∙ 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;
S3.E9 ∙ 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;
S3.E10 ∙ 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.
S3.E11 ∙ 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;
S3.E12 ∙ The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother
The defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;
