# When did 'The Civil War' get released on DVD?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [October 13, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-civil-war-get-released-on-dvd/132027 "2002-10-13T02:05:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-civil-war-get-released-on-dvd/132027/1 "2002-10-13T02:05:29Z")

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Because I was at Gettysburg today and there it was. In all it’s glory.

OK, they had a small, small display with the note to ask at the desk for availability. So I asked and I slapped the $129 they asked for down on the table.

Surreal. I’ve checked fairly faithfully on Amazon in the past and it was never there. Is it possible that the National Park Service has it first?

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**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-civil-war-get-released-on-dvd/132027/2 "2002-10-13T02:19:37Z")

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I think it was **just** released on DVD, as it is the 10th anniversary of it’s 1st airing, so they decided to give it the DVD treatment, digital remastering, extra interviews and other HOO-HAAS!!

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/13edae/32.png) [@Dewey\_Cheatem\_Undhow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Cheatem_Undhow)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-civil-war-get-released-on-dvd/132027/3 "2002-10-13T02:45:58Z")

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It was indeed released just a couple of weeks ago, to conincide with both the anniversary and with PBS’s re-airing of the documentary. I’m stoked. It’s on my Christmas list. 🙂

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**Author:** ![gobear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@gobear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gobear)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-civil-war-get-released-on-dvd/132027/4 "2002-10-13T03:21:30Z")

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It was released a couple of weeks ago, and if you had checked at Best Buy, you could have saved $30.

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**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2002, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-civil-war-get-released-on-dvd/132027/5 "2002-10-13T14:36:21Z")

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Pah, you DVD-bound plebeans. It was released on **laserdisc** nearly ten years ago. \<gloat\>