Videos and Podcasts

Stealing Lincoln's Body on The History Channel

Based on the book, "Stealing Lincoln's Body", this documentary will examine the numerous times President Lincoln's body was exhumed, and the plot to steal his body for ransom.

It will be presented on The History Channel on February 16, 2009.

Click here to see a clip from the commercial: Stealing Lincoln's Body

Additionally, Civil War Minutes has produced a series of videos, available in multiple parts on YouTube.  These videos focus on topics such as Lee and Lincoln at Antietam, and the Horses of Gettysburg, and can be found here.

This page contains links to online streaming video and podcasts that are available for free use in the classroom.

Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American History

Click here to access the Gilder-Lehrman Institute's Audio Podcasts.

The Gilder-Lehrman Institute of American histoy has made streaming videos of various historical lectures, covering all of American history and given by top-notch historians, available to watch off of their website.  The following is a list of the lectures pertaining to Civil War topics that can be found in their archive.

The Family That Made Lincoln and the Family That He Made

Catherine Clinton, Columbia University, November 22nd, 2008
Run time: 22:29

Many Lincolns

Andrew DiBlanco, Columbia University, November 22, 2008
Run time: 20:25 

Lincoln and Black Abolitionists

Manisha Sinha, Columbia University, November 28^th, 2008
Run time: 26:57

Lincoln and Race

James Oakes, Columbia University, November 28^th, 2008
Run Time: 22:53

Lincoln and Jacksonian Democracy

Sean Wilentz, Columbia University, November 28^th, 2008
Run Time: 18:45

Lincoln's Religion

Richard Carwardine, Columbia University, November 28^th, 2008
Run Time: 27:14

The Significance of Reconstruction

Eric Foner, the London School of Economics, January 15^th, 2008
Run Time: 1:20:22

John Brown, Abolitionist

David Reynolds, the New York Historical Society, December 8^th, 2005
Run Time: 42:16

The Civil War In American Memory

David Blight, the London School of Economics, January 24^th, 2006
Run Time: 1:34:58

American Ways of War (Three Parts)

Josiah Bunting III, The New York Historical Society, February 5^th, 2008
Part I has a Run Time of 39:13, and focuses on comparing Ulysses S. Grant, George C. Marshall, and George Washington. 
Part II has a run time of 39:13, and focuses specifically on Ulysses Grant. 
Part III has a run time of 46:31, and focuses specifically on George Marshall.

Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom

Catherine Clinton, the New York Historical Society, April 11^th, 2005
Run Time: 34:47

Lincoln: A Life of Purpose and Power

Richard Carwardine, the Lehman College, City University of New York, April 15^th, 2004

Run Time of 33:15

Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation

Allen Guelzo, the New York Historical Society, April 21^st, 1004

Run Time of 39:46

Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln

Doris Kearns Goodwin, the London School of Economics, February 28^th, 2007

Run Time of 52:52

Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam

James McPherson, the New York Public Library, October 1^st, 2002

Run time of 46:42

C-SPAN

www.c-span.org/lincoln200years/schedule/

C-SPAN's page on the Lincoln Bicentennial hosts a schedule of all the network's upcoming programming on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War era.  In addition, past programs can be watched for free off of the same page.

The History Channel

http://www.history.com/video.do?name=americanhistory&bcpid=1681694255&bclid=1716500544

The History Channel website hosts a vast range of videos on all topics Civil War and Reconstruction, all of which can be played for free.  Flash Player is required.