Any other DUers watching the Death/Civil War on PBS

[malaise]

Hard to watch. They're discussing the death of slaves now - really sad.

[hlthe2b]

1. comes on here in a few minutes.

worthwhile?

[malaise]

2. Absolutely

War is way too cruel

[hlthe2b]

5. I'm in...

[CountAllVotes]

3. You can also watch it at the link below

Quite the story ... quite the war ... lots of murder ....

http://video.pbs.org/video/2280706814/

& recommend.

[malaise]

6. I guess Henry Babbitt's ambulance service was the forerunner of the VA

The civil war was an unbelievable slaughter

[CountAllVotes]

11. I have the whole 6 CD series

I got it from PBS; all 11 hours of it ... and yeah you are right ... what a it was!

[malaise]

12. I couldn't watch that twice but I'd like every youngster to see it

[flamingdem]

4. Thanks for the reminder

will tune in later

[blue neen]

7. It was so sad to watch but very worthwhile.

They did an excellent job on a difficult subject.

On edit: The producer, Ric Burns, is Ken Burns' brother. This documentary had that same feel as Ken Burns' productions....now I understand why.

[malaise]

9. Indeed

It was very good and I understand why as well.

[malaise]

13. Yes it was hard to watch

[The Midway Rebel]

8. Yes. I highly recommend Drew Gilpin Faust's book "This Republic of Suffering"

Its a great read.

[malaise]

10. Thanks