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Article: MAKING HISTORY; Miniseries explores '10 Days' that shook the United States.(SHOW)(TELEVISION)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 7, 2006
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Byline: James Rosen, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
"The killing is just intense," says James I. Robertson Jr. "It's disorganized. These men are just going down in incredible fashion. Dead bodies everywhere."
A historian at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Mr. Robertson was describing the Battle of Antietam in the fourth installment of the History Channel's new 10-part miniseries, "10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed America." But his words apply with equal force to at least half of the hourlong documentaries, each directed by a different award-winning filmmaker, that make up this engrossing and provocative collection. That so many of ...