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that Burns decided in this nine-part film series
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to give two whole parts to the year 1864.
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I have my own little criticisms of that film series
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which I'll be happy to share with you at some point,
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but I thought it was actually quite brilliant the way
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he just makes you agonize to get out of 1864;
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I mean, god how long must 1864 last?
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Because that's actually the way the country felt.
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In the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864,
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the two armies basically collided
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just west of Fredericksburg
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in a densely, densely wooded area