A house reunited: how America survived the Civil War

A nation delayed

The dilemma : America as two nations

The warrior : Robert E. Lee

The epic fall of Richmond

The chase - Grant hot on Lee's heels

The fateful decision : guerrilla war?

U.S. Grant and the historic meeting at Appomattox

April 14 - decapitation and the great unraveling?

Abraham Lincoln : on whom so much depends

Post-assassination: would it now all come undone?

The volatile ones: Nathan Bedford Forrest and Bill Sherman

The surrender continues

The final obstacles to reconciliation

What happened to make a nation?