The Civil War
The Better Angels of Our Nature
Season 1 Episode 9 of 9
As news of the surrender of the Confederate forces spreads, actor and Confederate sympathiser John Wilkes Booth sought revenge for the South by assassinating the triumphant President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC. However, his actions failed to prevent the Union victory sowing the seeds of American nationhood
The Civil War airs on PBS America at 7:30 PM, Monday 21 April. (Subtitles.)
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