American Experience - Season 13 Episode 8 : Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part II

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American Experience - Season 13 Episode 8 : Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part II
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Title:American Experience - Season 13 Episode 8 : Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided, Part II
Genre: Documentary
Air Date: 2001-02-20
Season Number: 13
Episodes Number: 8
Guest Stars: David McCullough (Narrator (voice)), Holly Hunter (Mary Lincoln (voice)), David Morse (Abraham Lincoln)
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Overview
When the Lincolns arrive in Washington, D.C., in 1861, the president-elect is deemed untested and is mistrusted; Mary, meanwhile, is suspected of being a Confederate sympathizer due to being the daughter of a Southern slave owner. As Abraham deals with the national tragedy of the Civil War, the couple also face a tragedy much closer to home: the 1862 death of their son Willie. The aftermath of son Willie's death finds Mary turning to spiritualists for comfort and, perhaps, slipping from sanity. President Lincoln, however, has another matter larger than his own grief that demands attention---the war. Included: the step he took that changed the nature of the conflict, the Emancipation Proclamation, which he issued on Jan. 1, 1863.
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