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The Civil War

Overview

A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
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Cast

David McCullough profile
David McCullough

Narrator

Total episodes: 9

Sam Waterston profile
Sam Waterston

Abraham Lincoln

Total episodes: 9

Julie Harris profile
Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut

Total episodes: 9

Jason Robards profile
Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant

Total episodes: 9

Morgan Freeman profile
Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass

Total episodes: 9

Paul Roebling profile
Paul Roebling

Joshua Chamberlain

Total episodes: 9

Garrison Keillor profile
Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman

Total episodes: 9

George Black profile
George Black

Robert E. Lee

Total episodes: 9

Arthur Miller profile
Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman

Total episodes: 9

Christopher Murney profile
Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Total episodes: 9

Charles McDowell profile
Charles McDowell

Samuel R. Watkins

Total episodes: 9

Horton Foote profile
Horton Foote

Jefferson Davis

Total episodes: 9

David McCullough profile
David McCullough

Narrator

Total episodes: 9

Sam Waterston profile
Sam Waterston

Abraham Lincoln

Total episodes: 9

Julie Harris profile
Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut

Total episodes: 9

Jason Robards profile
Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant

Total episodes: 9

Morgan Freeman profile
Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass

Total episodes: 9

Paul Roebling profile
Paul Roebling

Joshua Chamberlain

Total episodes: 9

Garrison Keillor profile
Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman

Total episodes: 9

George Black profile
George Black

Robert E. Lee

Total episodes: 9

Arthur Miller profile
Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman

Total episodes: 9

Christopher Murney profile
Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Total episodes: 9

Charles McDowell profile
Charles McDowell

Samuel R. Watkins

Total episodes: 9

Horton Foote profile
Horton Foote

Jefferson Davis

Total episodes: 9

Extra

Release Date

September 23, 1990

Last air Date

September 27, 1990

Status

Ended

Original Language

English, German

Networks

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Miniseries poster
Miniseries

Aired on: 1990 | 9 Episodes

Photographs, period paintings, lithographs and headlines of the Civil War are combined with moving newsreel footage of Civil War veterans, interviews with distinguished historians and first-person accounts in this award-winning documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns. The miniseries vividly embraces the entire sweep of the war: the complex causes and lasting effects of America's greatest and most moving calamity, the battles and the homefronts, the generals and the private soldiers, the anguish of death in battle and the grief of families at home.

Videos

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The Civil War | A Film By Ken Burns | PBS America

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