American Civil War: From Gettysburg to Reconstruction: Mandi bought me this little DVD and since she is such a wonderful girlfriend, I decided to go ahead and watch it.

This is another documentary that is somewhat thrown together. Most of the visuals are from The General, Birth of a Nation and Abraham Lincoln. It's about average and could pass as a student film but nothing that could ever appear on the History Channel.

The prize of the DVD are two early silent shorts related to the Civil War. One is an Edison short on the life of Lincoln and the other is Railroad Raiders of '62 which is a nine minute short on the story of what would later be made as The General and also The Great Locomotive Chase. Both of these make the disc worthwhile. So if you like classic silent films, check this disc out, but skip the documentary.

Labels: Civil War, Documentary