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...A season of blood!
Virginia-Spring, 1864. The air is filled with exploding gunfire and the awful cries of men crumpling in agony as they are ordered into Hell on Earth like lambs to the slaughter. Relive the most vicious fighting of the Civil War, a time in which General Ulysses S. Grant forcibly reversed the fortunes of war by paying with the blood of thousands-and by mercilessly pursuing the enemy.
It was a desperate time for the Union: for three bloody years and despite their greater numbers, Northern troops had all too frequently been outmatched by the brilliant strategies of the Confederate leader, General Robert E. Lee. As General Ulysses S. Grant took charge of the Army of the Potomac that spring, he was determined to gain the upper hand in the war once and for all, no matter what the cost.
Grant's steely-eyed resolve led to a season of furious clashes, including the Battle of the Wilderness, the tragic assault at Laura Hill and the desperate fighting at the Bloody Angle and Cold Harbor. In a few short weeks of fighting, Grant sacrificed over 50,000 men-more Americans than were killed during the entire Vietnam War. Yet his relentless tactics worked: by the time of Lee's surrender a year later, his army of 60,000 had been decimated, reduced to a mere 7,500.
These crucial weeks are authentically dramatized, using over 10,000 Civil War re-enactors, 2,000 horses, 50 cannon and heart-rending text from letters of those who were there. filmed on hallowed grounds in North Virginia and with riveting commentary by author Jeff Shaara (Gods and Generals) and noted Civil War expert, Edwin C. Bearss, it's a chillingly realistic experience of the final, desperate hours of battle between North and South.
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