Episodes profile key battles and military leaders using archival documents and photographs, interviews with Civil War scholars, and live reenactments.

Features: 24-page companion booklet, interactive DVD-ROM content. Title from container. Originally broadcast as individual episodes of Civil War journal and Civil War combat television series on The History Channel. "The contents of this set have been previously available as Civil War journal: the conflict begins, Civil War journal: the commanders, and Civil War combat." Special features: 24-page companion booklet; interactive DVD-ROM content.

Civil War journal : the conflict begins. John Brown's war ; Destiny at Fort Sumter ; The battle of First Bull Run ; The 54th Massachusetts / directed by Yann Debonne, Donna E. Lusitana -- Civil War journal : the commanders. West Point classmates, Civil War enemies ; Robert E. Lee ; Stonewall Jackson ; Sherman and the March to the Sea / directed by Yann Debonne, Donna E. Lusitana -- Civil War combat. The wheatfield at Gettysburg ; The tragedy at Cold Harbor ; Hornets' nest at Shiloh ; The bloody lane at Antietam / directed by David Deries, Jim Lindsay.