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The Nazis massacre U.S. troops and French civilians in retaliation for the battle at Graignes.

Abraham Lincoln is arguably America’s most beloved president. Yet nearly 150 years after his death, we’re still trying to piece together a true portrait of his life and character.. From the earliest archival materials to the most cutting-edge theories and discoveries, LINCOLN: MAN OR MYTH investigates the legends that have proliferated around the figure of Abraham Lincoln, exposing both fallacies and extraordinary truths through incisive scholarship, period accounts and artifacts, and modern technology. Noted scholars and historians grapple with such questions as: Was Lincoln truly the “Great Emancipator” who dedicated himself to freeing slaves? Did the writings that swayed the nation really come from his pen? Do we even know what he looked like?. Finally disentangling the truth from legend, INVESTIGATING HISTORY takes a probing look into the life of a man who transformed, enlightened, and captivated America..

This 2-hour special Traces how the joint US-Mongolian expedition has been on the trail to identify one of history's most treasured secret's, the never-revealed, burial place of the world's greatest conqueror.

This covers the Union victory at Mine Creek on October 25, 1864, which is a relatively unknown battle from the Civil War.