#THE BLUE AND THE GRAY MINI SERIES TRIAL#
#THE BLUE AND THE GRAY MINI SERIES SERIES#
#THE BLUE AND THE GRAY MINI SERIES FREE#

''The Blue and the Gray'' was released on Region 1 DVD in 3- and 2-disc sets. Columbia Tristar DVD, 2001, closing credits, and DVD case.Д«ruce Broughton's entire 2-hour score presented in stereo from the only surviving complete 1/4' two-track master elements was released on limited edition CD limited in 2008 on the Intrada label.

#THE BLUE AND THE GRAY MINI SERIES SERIES#

The Hales and the Geysers come together after the war to celebrate John and Kathy's wedding at the Geyser homestead in Virginia.ДЄlthough the series is largely set in Virginia, it was filmed entirely on location in Arkansas, except for the segment representing the Elmira, New York Federal prison camp which was filmed in the stockade at nearby Fort Gibson State Park, Oklahoma. Later, his strange dream of President Lincoln arrives too late to save the President at Ford's Theatre. Despite being a Union officer, Jonas gains the respect of the Geysers (and possibly a future with Emma) by orchestrating Luke's rescue from a Union POW camp. The Union Army is driven off, but Matthew is killed in the skirmish. John reconciles with his family as he, his father, and Matthew join a group of Confederate troops in defending the Geyser homestead against a Union Army attack. The Battle of Gettysburg is a prominent focal point of the story Mary is killed as the battle rages near the Steele home. John's sister, Emma, and her child are caught up in the Siege of Vicksburg, where her husband, Lester is killed. Jonas overcomes his doubts and marries Mary. John travels with the Union Army and witnesses many of the important events of the Civil War, including First Bull Run, the Peninsula Campaign, the Siege of Vicksburg, Battle of the Wilderness (where his brother Mark is killed in front of him), Lee's surrender at Appomattox and Abraham Lincoln's assassination.ДЄt Bull Run, John meets Kathy Reynolds, the daughter of a senator, who, despite her higher social standing, proves to be a good war nurse. After being reunited with Jonas Steele, who has joined the Union Army as a scout, John becomes a war correspondent for '' Harper's Weekly''. Caught 'betwixt and between', John will not fight for the South, but is unwilling to bear arms against his own brothers. The Hales' youngest child, 16-year-old James, lies about his age to join the Union Army, but contracts dysentery and dies before he sees any action. John's cousins, Malachy and Jake Hale, join the Union Army. Jonas returns with John to Gettysburg and falls in love with John's cousin Mary, but is afraid to commit to her, thanks to his troubling dreams that seem to predict the future.ДЄfter falling out with his family over the issues of slavery and secession during Christmas of 1860, John returns to Pennsylvania, while John's brothers Matthew, Mark, and Luke join the Confederate Army.

#THE BLUE AND THE GRAY MINI SERIES TRIAL#

John's first assignment takes him to the trial of abolitionist John Brown, where he meets and befriends the mysterious Jonas Steele, a former Jayhawker and Pinkerton detective. The drama begins in 1859 when John leaves the Geyser family farm for Pennsylvania, where he gets a job as an artist correspondent for the paper owned by his uncle, Jacob Hale, Sr. The Hales are pro-Union and anti-slavery, but, like many Northerners at the time, they hope for a peaceful solution to the nation's problems.

#THE BLUE AND THE GRAY MINI SERIES FREE#

The lone exception in the family is son John, an artistic young man who becomes sympathetic to the plight of Southern slaves and free Negroes. The Geysers are generally indifferent to the issue of slavery, but are sympathetic to the Southern cause. The Geysers are farmers who reside near Charlottesville, Virginia, and the Hales own a small newspaper in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The plot revolves around the families of two sisters Maggie Geyser and Evelyn Hale. The title refers to the colors of the uniforms worn by United States Army and Confederate States Army soldiers respectively. A novel of the same name by John Leekley was published as a companion to the series in 1982, based on a story by John Leekley and Bruce Catton and the teleplay by Ian McLellan Hunter. It was executive produced by Larry White and Lou Reda, in association with Columbia Pictures Television. Set during the American Civil War, the series starred John Hammond, Stacy Keach, Lloyd Bridges, and Gregory Peck as President Abraham Lincoln.

''The Blue and the Gray'' is a television miniseries that first aired on CBS in three installments on November 14, November 16, and November 17, 1982.

The blue and the gray mini series