The Hornets Nest at Shiloh

February 24, 2000

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Civil War Combat - S1 - E3

On April 6, 1862, Confederate forces under General Albert Johnston caught Union forces by surprise near Shiloh Church. The battle culminated in an area along an abandoned wagon road later dubbed 'The Hornet's Nest' due to the ferocity of the fighting.

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Civil War Combat: Season 1 - 4 Episode s

1x1 - The Wheatfield at Gettysburg
February 22, 2000
1x2 - The Bloody Lane at Antietam
February 23, 2000
In September 1862, Robert E. Lee invaded the North for the first time and met the Union army along the banks of Maryland's Antietam Creek, which became the sight of the bloodiest single day in U.S. military history. Visit the scene of the most concentrated fury of that day, on a narrow country road forever after called "Bloody Lane".
1x3 - The Hornets Nest at Shiloh
February 24, 2000
On April 6, 1862, Confederate forces under General Albert Johnston caught Union forces by surprise near Shiloh Church. The battle culminated in an area along an abandoned wagon road later dubbed 'The Hornet's Nest' due to the ferocity of the fighting.
1x4 - The Tragedy at Cold Harbor
February 25, 2000
In 1864, General Grant doggedly pursued Lee's forces. On June 3, the two sides met at Cold Harbor, a crossroads near Richmond, where Grant hurled his men against entrenched breastworks, losing 7,000 in 20 minutes. Fighting on, he won victory 10 months later. Hastening the South's end, Cold Harbor ushered in an era of trench warfare.

The Hornets Nest at Shiloh

Civil War Combat - S1 - E3

Civil War Combat: Season 1 - 4 Episode s

1x1 - The Wheatfield at Gettysburg

1x2 - The Bloody Lane at Antietam

1x3 - The Hornets Nest at Shiloh

1x4 - The Tragedy at Cold Harbor

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