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This is a full-color, live-action, authentic record of the Soldier of this period. This documentary studies the devolution of the southern soldier of Virginia and North Carolina who marched from triumph to triumph, unstoppable... until after the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg and eventual defeat and disgrace in April 1865. The film analyzes the uniforms, drill, camp life, food, weapons, equipment, etc. of the Confederate soldier of the eastern theater.
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Released
Original Language
EN

In the summer of 1863, General Robert E. Lee leads the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia into Gettysburg, Pennsylvania with the goal of marching through to Washington, D.C. The Union Army of the Potomac, under the command of General George G. Meade, forms a defensive position to confront the rebel forces in what will prove to be the decisive battle of the American Civil War.

Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.