Legends & Lies
- 2015 – 2018
- Returning Series
- ~1h / ep
- 3 seasons
- 4.0/10
Longtime Fox News Channel host Bill O'Reilly serves as an executive producer of this adaptation of the "Legends & Lies" book series. The documentary series explores the stories behind events and the notable historical figures involved. Historical re-enactments and analysis from historians and other experts are used to bring viewers details about the topic discussed in each episode.
Latest: American Civil War · 2018
View all seasonsE1. John Brown: This Guilty Land
Mar 25, 2018 · 60m
Spotlighting radical abolitionist John Brown, as he raids Harper's Ferry, setting the scene for the Civil War.
E2. Abraham Lincoln: The War Begins
Apr 1, 2018 · 60m
Abraham Lincoln becomes frustrated with his cautious commander, George McClellan, whose army gets routed at Manassas, Va.; Confederate Gen. "Stonewall" Jackson earns his nickname.
E3. Robert E. Lee: Choosing Sides
Apr 8, 2018 · 60m
Robert E. Lee, who once turned down command of Northern forces, becomes the top Confederate general; Ulysses S. Grant scores Union victories in the West.
E4. Frederick Douglass: The Dawn of a New Day
Apr 15, 2018 · 60m
Former slave Frederick Douglass pushes President Abraham Lincoln to free his people; Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, after the bloody Battle of Antietam.
E5. Stonewall Jackson: Friendly Fire
Apr 22, 2018 · 60m
A Confederate victory at Chancellorsville, Va. comes at a high price; a Southern bullet accidentally mortally wounds Stonewall Jackson.
E6. Gettysburg: The High Water Mark
Apr 29, 2018 · 60m
The North turns back the South's invasion; a heroic bayonet charge led by Maine's Joshua Chamberlain; the doomed Confederate charge led by Gen. George Pickett.
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