Consider The Elephant

-In this episode: McClellan invades Virginia, up the peninsula between the York and James Rivers. The Yankees win the battles; still McClellan retreats, believing the Rebels too strong. Wilkes returns to smuggling contraband. Edwin returns to the stage, afraid he wil

-In this episode: Following Adam's advice, Ned and Mollie go to Europe. But since Mollie is four months pregnant, they go to England, where they trust the doctors, rather than France or Italy. Ned searches the places where his father hsd been, but finds little trace o

-In this episode: Wilkes triumphs in New York. He and Maggie go to Pfaff's Cafe to wait for the reviews.

-In this episode: New York City considers seceding, since its economic fortunes are tied to the South. But the Union buildup brings new money into the city, and New York decides to stay in the fold. Adam enlists in the Union Army, as an aide to General Grant. His last

-In this episode: Wilkes looks up a school friend, Michael O'Laughlen. He asks O'Laughlen to hook him up with Rebels in Maryland. O'Laughlen tells him that the attempt on Lincoln's life has failed and that Maryland is under Federal martial law and is not going to sece

-In this episode: The family gathers at Asia's for Christmas in Philadelphia. Asia is rabid against Abraham Lincoln; she tells the others what she has heard: that Lincoln will be murdered in Baltimore on his way to Washington. Wilkes announces he is going to join the

-In this episode: Desperately missing Mollie, Ned goes back on the booze. Adam Badeau gets Wilkes to intervene with Mollie, who quits Cushman's troop immediately and rushes back to New York. Ned asks her to marry him. She says "yes." After the wedding, Wilke

-In this episode: Asia objects violently to Ned's marriage to Mary. Out of respect for his family, Ned gives her up. Before he leaves Richmond, he gives Wilkes the lead role in Othello, and Wilkes makes his first appearance in his own name. During Wilkes' second seas