Burns' 'Civil War' reissued on DVD

Ken Burns’ 11-hour epic documentary “The Civil War” (PBS/Paramount, 1990, $99.99) is being reissued in a special edition commemorating the 150th anniversary of the mighty conflict that almost tore America apart forever. • Article

Special on Robert E. Lee airs Monday

According to the Los Angeles Times, PBS' "Robert E. Lee" sidesteps the myths of the Confederate general created by his hero-worshipers, instead finding an ambitious, tormented man reluctant to go to war who went on to cause and sustain major casualties. The 90-minute program airs Monday. A portrait of Ulysses S. Grant comes the following Monday. • Article

Ken Burns to lead Civil War tour

Filmmaker Ken Burns is partnering with the Tauck tour company to offer 2011 trips to national parks, Civil War sites and other destinations. Burns said his favorite Civil War sites are places where history is "not just excavating dry dates and facts ... but also listening to ghosts and echoes." • Article | Previous Burns article

Series looks at science of Crater tunnel

The tunnel that Union soldiers dug to blow a crater under Confederates at Petersburg, Va., is not usually juxtaposed with, say, the Great Wall of China. But the Battle of the Crater makes the cut in the new PBS series "Ground War," thanks to a professor who examines it from the perspective of a physicist. • Article

Missouri battle subject of PBS documentary

A Civil War battefield in Newtonia, Mo., will be the subject of a PBS documentary, with most of the filming taking place this week. About 100 reenactors will be in the town starting Thursday to film a documentary about a battle in 1862. • Article