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- As the Civil War rages on, U.S President Abraham Lincoln struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on his decision to emancipate the slaves.
- A. E. Staley went from growing up barefoot on a farm in North Carolina, to building a billion dollar agribusiness giant. He was the original owner of the football team that eventually became the Chicago Bears.
- From PBS - In 1836 "Free Frank" McWorter purchased his freedom from a Kentucky plantation owner. In Illinois, he planted roots, started a town, and purchased his family out of slavery. The local landowners and the McWorter family want to uncover what remains of New Philadelphia. Our team joins in the search for the pre-Civil War schoolhouse where New Philadelphia's African American children learned to read and write in freedom.