The Presidents

Season 1, Episode 3

Episode Title: Taylor to Lincoln (1849-1865)

Air Date: 2005-02-01

Overview:

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.