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Episode Details: The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865

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The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865

Series: The Civil War

Season: Season 1

Episode Number: 9

Air Date:

Duration: 70 min

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. The episode then considers the consequences and meaning of a war that transformed the country from a collection of states to the nation we are today.

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Cast and Guests

Portrait of Ken Burns

Ken Burns

Writer
Portrait of Ken Burns

Ken Burns

Director

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