1865: William Sherman finishes up his conquest of the South, the Confederate government falls apart, and Lee and Grant finally shake hands at Appomattox Courthouse. It's a lot to talk about. How does Ken Burns do it?

We break down the the eighth episode of Ken Burns' Civil War documentary series, which covers the Georgia and South Carolina campaign, the surrender of Lee's Army, and John Wilkes Booth's team of conspirators.

We're Logan Ledman and Sam Temple, and we've made it to our penultimate review of Ken Burns' 1990 documentaries series. Today we're tackling episode 8 of The Civil War: A Film by Ken Burns. Next week: the grand finale.

Watch along with us as we go through the series. All episodes are available for free here: www.archive.org/details/ken.-burns.-the.-civil.-war.

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