Michael Shaara’s novel The Killer Angels inspired Ken Burns to make his documentary, The Civil War. When Burns’s series first aired on PBS for five consecutive nights in September 1990, 40 million people watched. In 2002, Burns remastered the series, digitally overhauling the visuals and adding a commentary. The result was a five-disc DVD that came out in 2004. This year, for the 150th anniversary of the Civil War, he’s re-released the box set with a sixth disc offering new intervi
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