Narrated by James Whitmore, this video offers an overview of the major campaigns of the American Civil War, picking up the story at the convenient turning point of Gettysburg, the high-water mark of Confederate military designs. Included in the video are brief discussions of the battles of Fredericksburg, Chickamagua, Chattanooga, Vicksburg, the Wilderness, and the burning of Atlanta, including Sherman's famous March to the Sea, a campaign that defined the term "total war."