Product Details

• Actors: Various
• Directors: Various
• Format: Box set, Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 3
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Mill Creek Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: October 14, 2008
• Run Time: 456 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001DW2BKG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #80,272 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

CIVIL WAR:AMERICA DIVIDED - DVD Movie

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very In-Depth, April 27, 2009

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Richard Byers (Astoria, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Civil War: America Divided (DVD)

This is an extremely in-depth look at the Civil War and covers many topics quite thoroughly. A minor gripe I had: while the use of reenactments of battles is not necessarily a bad thing (I'm a reenactor myself), when they use the same scenes over & over & over for many different battles it can get tiresome after a while! 3 1/2 stars.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Don't Expect Ken Burns, and you won't be disappointed..., August 28, 2010

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D. Barnett "D-Bar" (Derby City USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Civil War: America Divided (DVD)

Extremely in-depth look at the major battles of the Civil War. I would say this 10-part, 3 DVD set is worth the $5 I paid for it at the big box store. It is not well produced. Lots of use of re-enactment footage, but the same clips of footage are used over & over to coincide with descriptions of battles. I believe that ALL of the footage in these DVDs actually came from one re-enactment.... from the Perryville Reenactment, when it was the major reenactment of the year, a few years ago.

11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Poorly Produced Documentary, May 1, 2010

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Joe Hoskinson (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Civil War: America Divided (DVD)

I purchased this set for $5 at a major chain store. I must say it's barely worth what I paid. It's poorly produced and the editing is shotty at best. The voicover and historical value is the only redeeming quality this set offers.

The re-enactments are not to my liking, but they're tolerable (when the same scenes aren't being repeated and repeated!)

Here's the kick...The credit segments at the end of each episode are over 2 minutes...what's up with that! So many credited people couldn't spin a decent product? This will never be shown on anything but some public access channel. Buy at your own risk.

Ken Burns this is NOT