American Heroes Channel offers a rare glimpse into events and battles that shaped our world.

AMERICAN HEROES

American Heroes Channel offers a rare glimpse into events and battles that shaped our world, visionary leaders, unexpected heroes who made a difference and great defenders of our freedom.

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April 1865: Two officers from Vermont lead a daring raid on Petersburg, Virginia.

Blood and Fury: America's Civil War

Battle of Petersburg

December 1864: In a daring attempt to regain the upper hand in the Civil War, Confederate forces try to retake the city of Nashville and sever the supply line that's feeding the Union invasion of the south.

Battle of Nashville

July 1863: An elite band of Yankee Sharpshooters must stop Robert E. Lee's Alabamian shock troops from flanking the Union line and winning the battle of Gettysburg and perhaps the entire Civil War.

Battle of Gettysburg

Dec. 1862: Following the strategic Union win at Antietam, Federal forces clash with a massive Rebel army in the town of Fredericksburg, Virginia. In what will become the largest fight of the Civil War.

Battle of Fredericksburg

September 1862. Following a string of victories in Virginia, Confederate military genius General Robert E. Lee brings his Army north in a bold attempt to end the Civil War and win Southern Independence.

Battle of Antietam

July 1861, in the first real battle of the Civil War, untested and poorly trained Rebel and Confederate troops clash on the blood soaked banks of the Bull Run River. Thousands are killed and wounded.

Battle of Bull Run

Illuminating both the bigger themes and the little-known smaller but surprising stories of the Civil War. Chronicles the Civil War's most significant battles, told from a soldier's point of view.

S1 E4 | Battle of Gettysburg

E6 | Battle of Petersburg

E5 | Battle of Nashville

E4 | Battle of Gettysburg

E3 | Battle of Fredericksburg

E2 | Battle of Antietam

E1 | Battle of Bull Run