Often times, because civil war movies tend to focus on certain topics, like racism, slavery, or injustice we find it difficult to get any kind of useful perspective on the events of the middle of the 19th century.
1861-1865
But for lovers of history and movies, such as we are, it's definitely necessary to get a broader grasp of those dreadful events that led to the bloody war where brother fought against brother.
Understanding the lives of our parents who lived during and after the war is not only interesting but life-changing.
The re-building of our nation thereafter marked the greatest time of prosperity that any nation, before and after, has ever seen. Let's visit the lives of the people who re-built America, their ideals, the faith, and even their mistakes.
Let's answer the hard questions, who was right, the North or the South? was the country really a racist country? what kind of "slave owners" were they? and so on..
Here's an important question, how did african-americans feel in those days? what was their role in the civil war?
Rev. Allen
Let a leader of the time speak,
Rev. Richard Allen (a former slave), encourages his people:
Let no rancor or ill-will lodge in your [heart] for any bad treatment you may have received from any. If you do, you transgress against God, Who will not hold you guiltless.
He would not suffer it even in His beloved people Israel; and you think He will allow it unto us? . . . I am sorry to say that too many think more of the evil than of the good they have received.
Wow, what a role model whispering in our ear the patience of the Christian faith America has embraced for centuries, a true hero for blacks and whites.
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Adanggaman
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Africans persuade Europeans into buying slaves.
Amistad
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Amistad
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Length: 155 minutes
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John Adams, one of the founders of freedom has never been more adamant about freedom for all men. An American court is set to decide the fate of slaves who revolted against their traders. Adams must prove that freedom is universal...
Freedom Bound
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Stories spanning three centuries.
The Outlaw Josey Wales
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Quantrill's Raiders
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Quantrill's Raiders (1958)
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Length: 68 minutes
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Kansas Raiders /
The Lawless Breed
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Kansas Raiders / The Lawless Breed
NR
Length: 164 minutes
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Dark Command
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Dark Command
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Length: 94 minutes
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Ride with the Devil
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Ride with the Devil
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The Jayhawkers!
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The Jayhawkers! (1959)
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Santa Fe Trail
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Santa Fe Trail
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Abe Lincoln
in Illinois
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Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
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Length: 110 minutes
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Young Mr. Lincoln
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Young Mr. Lincoln
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Length: 100 minutes
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Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln / The Struggle
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The Last of Mrs. Lincoln
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Length: 130 minutes
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Class of '61
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Class of '61 (1993) (TV)
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Ironclads
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CSS Virginia versus the USS Monitor, Battle of Hampton Roads
Gods and Generals
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Gods and Generals (2003)
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The Mosby Raiders
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"Disneyland" Willie and the Yank: The Mosby Raiders (1967)
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March 1863, Mosby captures Union General Stoughton
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The Horse Soldiers
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The Horse Soldiers
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The Vicksburg campaign
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Gettysburg
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Gettysburg
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Length: 254 minutes
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Wicked Spring
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Wicked Spring (2003)
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Gangs of New York
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Irish immigrants and native Americans leads to New York City draft riots in 1863
The Great
Locomotive Chase
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Length: 88 minutes
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Gone with the Wind
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Louisiana
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Louisiana (TV 1984)
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True Women
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True Women (1997)
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Glory
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Glory (1989)
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The Hunley
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Andersonville
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Gore Vidal's
Lincoln
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Gore Vidal's Lincoln (1988)
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Length: 188 minutes
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The Day
Lincoln Was Shot
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Length: 95 minutes
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Prince of Players
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The Prisoner of
Shark Island
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The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
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Length: 96 minutes
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The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd
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The Blue
and the Gray
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Cold Mountain
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Cold Mountain (2003)
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Length: 154 minutes
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The Birth
of a Nation
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The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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Booker
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Booker (TV 1984)
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The Toast
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Let no rancor or ill-will lodge in your [heart] for any bad treatment you may have received from any. If you do, you transgress against God, Who will not hold you guiltless.
He would not suffer it even in His beloved people Israel; and you think He will allow it unto us? . . . I am sorry to say that too many think more of the evil than of the good they have received.
Civil War Movies
True Women
True Women (1997)
PG-13
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180 minutes
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Dana Delany, Annabeth Gish, Angelina Jolie, Tina Majorino, Rachael Leigh Cook, Michael York, Jeffrey Nordling, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Tony Todd
PG-13
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3 Dics
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