The Presidents
Season 1 • Episode 3: Taylor to Lincoln (1849-1865) • Watch with subtitles
Episode 3: Taylor to Lincoln (1849-1865)
February 1, 2005 • 60 min
The most volatile period in U.S. history leads to the American Civil War. Follow the Presidency from the rough style of Taylor--the second president to die in office--and relative ineffectiveness of Fillmore and Pierce, to the near treason of Buchanan's administration, to Lincoln's shocking assassination.
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