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Legends & Lies (2015)

April. 12,2015

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Legends & Lies

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.

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Legends & Lies

2015

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 3 : 2018

12 Episode

Episode 1 - John Brown: This Guilty Land

March. 25,2018

Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.

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Episode 2 - Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins

April. 01,2018

Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.

Episode 3 - Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides

April. 08,2018

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.

Episode 4 - Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day

April. 15,2018

Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.

Episode 5 - Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire

April. 22,2018

A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.

Episode 6 - Gettysburg: The High Water Mark

April. 29,2018

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.

Episode 7 - Ulysses S. Grant: Intoxicated by War

May. 06,2018

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;

Episode 8 - Jefferson Davis: The Black Flag

May. 13,2018

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;

Episode 9 - Abraham Lincoln: The Campaign

May. 20,2018

George McClellan poses a tough challenge to Abraham Lincoln's re-election; Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee clash on the battlefield;

Episode 10 - William Tecumseh Sherman: Total War

May. 27,2018

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.

Episode 11 - John Wilkes Booth: The Killing of Lincoln

June. 03,2018

John Wilkes Booth assassinates President Abraham Lincoln, potentially reversing the South's Civil War loss with a single bullet;

Episode 12 - The Civil War: Brother vs. Brother

June. 10,2018

The defeated South attempts to rewrite history by denying slavery was the root cause of the Civil War;

Seasons 2 : 2016

12 Episode

Seasons 1 : 2015

10 Episode