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Gettysburg

Summary In the summer of 1863, over two years into our nation's Civil War, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by Robert E. Lee, crosses into Pennsylvania. They are followed by the Union's Army of the Potomac, Lee's 75,000-strong army heads toward Harrisburg, but the forces meet instead near Gettysburg. For three days, they fought in ...

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Gettysburg

Season 1 Premiere: May 30, 2011
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Summary In the summer of 1863, over two years into our nation's Civil War, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, led by Robert E. Lee, crosses into Pennsylvania. They are followed by the Union's Army of the Potomac, Lee's 75,000-strong army heads toward Harrisburg, but the forces meet instead near Gettysburg. For three days, they fought in ...

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Sam Rockwell

Self - Narrator

George Wunderlich

Self - Executive Director, Museum of Civil War Medicine

Peter Carmichael

Self - Director, Civil War Institute

Garry E. Adelman

Self - Historian, Civil War Trust

Steven Knott

Self - Instructor, U.S. Army War College

Edward L. Ayers

Self - Author, The Crucible of the Civil War

Hari Jones

Self - Curator, African American Civil War Museum

James M. McPherson

Self - Author, Battle Cry of Freedom

Sean Rich

Self - 19th Century Weaponry Expert

Cal de Beer

Doctor Wilson

Dean Fourie

Dan Sickle (2011)

Greg Kriek

Jeremiah Gage

Josh Artis

Colonel James Wallace

Greg Berg

James Wallace

Anton Blake Horowitz

General Carl Schurz

Gary Green

Union soldier

Stephen Jennings

Maj. Gen. George G Meade

Charles Klausmeyer

Amos Humiston

Deborah Lettner

Fanny Buehler

Richard Lothian

Lieutenant Colonel Rufus Dawes

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews
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50% Mixed
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0% Negative
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100
Jun 3, 2011
Sounds boring, but it's anything but.
By Linda Stasi FULL REVIEW
75
Jun 3, 2011
Unlike other documentaries, Gettysburg is short on archival still photography from the battlefield, but that's because, for once, it isn't needed. The re-enactments are dramatic and horrifically convincing all by themselves.
By David Wiegand FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 3, 2011
Gettysburg aims for a mix of entertainment and information. It's not a bull's-eye, but it's a decent shot.
By David Hinckley FULL REVIEW
40
Jun 3, 2011
While the interviewees here can look back and put pieces together, fragmentation and lack of focus may be Gettysburg's most authentic effect.
By Cynthia Fuchs FULL REVIEW

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Production Company:
  • Film Afrika Worldwide
  • Herzog & Company
  • History Channel
Initial Release Date: May 30, 2011
Number of seasons: 0 Seasons
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Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards
• 4 Wins & 8 Nominations
Motion Picture Sound Editors, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Visual Effects Society Awards
• 1 Nomination

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