The BEST episodes of North and South season 2
Every episode of North and South season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of North and South season 2!
This saga chronicles a nation divided and two families,the Hazards of Pennsylvania and the Mains of South Carolina,caught on opposite sides when the Civil War erupts in May 1861. As war is raged on one battlefield after another, lives on the home front drastically change. The hatred, prejudice and greed that tear the fabric of a nation, also threatens the very foundation of love and friendship between these two families.
#1 - March 1865 - April 1865
Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 5/11/1986
The fighting ends with a Northern victory. Orry and George fight against each other (although not directly) in the last major battle at Petersburg; Orry is knocked out and captured...
#2 - September 17, 1862 - Spring 1864
Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 5/6/1986
At the bloody battle of Antietam, Charles and Billy nearly kill each other, but each allows the other to escape. Charles's friend Ambrose is killed in the battle. Afterwards, President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation frees the slaves in the rebel Southern states. Most of the slaves leave the Main plantation in South Carolina, but a few remain.
#3 - December 1864 - February 1865
Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 5/8/1986
The war has turned against the South. Orry and Charles save George from Libby Prison, kill the commandant in a fight, and allow George to return to the North. Madeline helps starving people in Charleston...
#4 - June 1861 - July 21, 1861
Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/4/1986
Orry and Charles, now officers in the Confederate Army, leave the Main family plantation for the war in Virginia. Orry, despite having been against secession, becomes a general and military aide to Confederate President Jefferson Davis in the Confederate capital of Richmond. Meanwhile, George and Billy are in Washington, D.C., where they are officers in the U.S. Army. Billy joins the U.S. Sharpshooters regiment, while George becomes a military aide to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
#5 - May 1864 - Late Autumn 1864
Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 5/7/1986
George is captured in a raid by Southern forces and taken to the dreaded Libby Prison in Richmond, where he is tortured by the prison's ruthless commandant...
#6 - July 1861 - Summer 1862
Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 5/5/1986
Hearing about her mother's injury, Brett and her slave Semiramis make the dangerous trip from Washington, D.C. to the Main plantation in South Carolina. Orry leaves Richmond and returns to South Carolina as well..