Dansville High School LMC

The Civil War : Valley of the Shadow of Death, 1864

This program begins with a biographical comparison of Grant and Lee and then chronicles the extraordinary series of battles that pitted the two generals against each other from the Wilderness to Petersburg in Virginia. We visit the ghastly hospitals North and South, and follow Sherman's Atlanta campaign through the mountains of north Georgia. As the horrendous casualty lists increase, Lincoln's chances for re-election begin to dim, and with them the possibility of Union victory.