Episode

The Blue and the Gray: Part Three

Name: The Blue and the Gray: Part Three
Released: 1982-11-17
Duration: 140 min
Cast: Warren Oates, Gregory Peck, Rip Torn, Lloyd Bridges, Robert Vaughn

The Blue and the GraySeason 11982-11-17

Overview

John meets with his Confederate brother during the siege of Vicksburg, then sneaks into town to supply food to his starving sister and son. Jonas Steele senses bad news and later discovers his misgivings. John returns home to ill feeling and his impartiality is tested. Jonas is wounded. The years of the war finally see an end. Lee surrenders and Lincoln is assassinated.

Details

Series: The Blue and the Gray
Season: Season 1
Episode: Episode 3
Air date: 1982-11-17
Runtime: 140 min

Episode context

Part Three is Episode 3 in Season 1 of The Blue and the Gray. It aired on 1982-11-17. The runtime is 140 min.

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Episode 2: Part Two 1982-11-16 | 95 min The war continues with both sides suffering severe causalities. Lincoln issues his Emancipation Proclamation abolishing slavery although the north still has to win the war to enforce it. John Geyser grows closer to Kathy Reynolds against her father’s wishes while Jonas Steele marries John’s cousin. Later, John informs a band of hiding slaves of Lincoln’s mandate.

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Episode 1: Part One 1982-11-14 | 142 min A young John Geyser sets off from the family farm to work for his uncle at a local newspaper in Gettysburg as an artist correspondent shortly before the start of the American Civil War. John’s artistic skill lands him working as an impartial observer were he covers the battle at Bull Run – the first major conflict of the war. During his travel, John meets and befriends Jonas Steele, a Union Officer who works for President Abraham Lincoln.