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• Format: NTSC
• Rated: Unrated
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Pbs Home Video
• VHS Release Date: March 14, 2000
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B00000G0AC
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #370,079 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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5.0 out of 5 stars U.S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, And The Battle In The Wilderness, October 24, 2008

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Zachary Koenig "K-Dawg" (Forest Lake, MN) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Civil War, Ken Burn's Episode 6: Valley Of The Shadow Of Death [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This sixth installment of Ken Burns' Civil War series touches on four main actions that transpired in the North/South conflict in the early portion of 1864:

-A profile of Union General Ulysses S. Grant, who rose from a family store clerk (and a drunkard at that) to become the most successful Union commander of the war, the only man stubborn enough to have any tenure of success against the Southern mastermind Lee.

-A similar profile of Confederate General Robert E. Lee, who was (both sides considered) the best military leader in the entire conflict, capable of stalemating Union armies that always outnumbered him.

-A recounting of the harsh battles fought in the wilderness in Virginia on the outskirts of Confederate capitol city Richmond, leading to a drawn-out siege involving Grant's forces (much like Vicksburg).

-Finally, the tape ends with Union General Sherman marching towards Atlanta, but being stopped short and (like Grant) being forced to dig in and lay siege at a time when clear-cut victories were desperately needed to re-elected President Abraham Lincoln in Washington.