Poster of Cast and Crew in The Civil War - Season 1 - Episode 9 - The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865

The Civil War - Season 1 - The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865 (Episode 9)

Plot: This extraordinary final episode of The Civil War begins in the bittersweet aftermath of Lee's surrender and then goes on to narrate the horrendous events of five days later when, on April 14, Lincoln is assassinated. After chronicling Lincoln's poignant funeral, the series recounts the final days of the war, the capture of John Wilkes Booth and the fates of the Civil War's major protagonists
Episode Aired On:
Thursday, September 27 1990
34 years ago