In this episode, The Civil War: Secession, War, and Appomattox, we follow the American story from the moment the Southern states chose to break away, through four brutal years of fighting that reshaped the nation, and finally to the quiet farmhouse in Virginia where it all came to an end. We'll look at why secession happened, how political failure turned into total war, and what the conflict meant for soldiers, civilians, slavery, and the future of the United States. And we'll close at Appomattox Court House, where surrender did not just end a war, but forced a country to confront what it was — and what it would have to become next.
