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Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0794054345438 Format: NTSC Label: Pbs Home Video Manufacturer: Pbs Home Video Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Pbs Home Video Release Date: 2000-03-14 Studio: Pbs Home Video
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: The South Rises, But Suffocates Within (And Goes "All In") Comment: The fourth installment of Ken Burns' Civil War documentary deals with the first half of 1863, touching on three main issues: First, Burns describes the major Confederate victories at the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, where the Union army suffered terrible casualties and were completely out-generaled by the brilliant Southern General Robert E. Lee. Secondly, though, while the South was winning the war militarily, they were suffocating economically, as their mint printed worthless dollars (due to inflation) and thus foodstuff prices skyrocketed. So, finally, due to the stagnation of the Southern economy, Confederate President Jefferson Davis decided to essentially gamble the fate of the war on one tactic: With Union General Ulysses S. Grant laying siege to the key Southern city of Vicksburg, Davis prepared to send General Lee on an all-or-nothing surge through Northern lines and up to Washington itself in order to draw Grant's forces. That maneuver set up the likely focus of Burns' fifth chapter of the series...the Battle of Gettysburg. Customer Rating: Summary: Excellent, as is the series. Comment: This episode covers the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville along with the winter camp of 1862-63. The haunting words of Chamberlain describing the Fredericksburg aftermath is worth the price by itself. 90 minutes that you can watch again and again if you find facination with this period of our history. More Reviews