The Civil War
September 23, 1990 1 Seasons
★ 7.9 (128 votes)
DocumentaryWar & Politics
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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Seasons & Episodes
Top Cast
David McCullough
Narrator
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman
George Black
Robert E. Lee
Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman
Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins
Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis
George Plimpton
George Templeton Strong
Philip Bosco
Horace Greeley
Terry Courier
George B. McClellan
Jody Powell
Stonewall Jackson / Various
Status: Ended
Network: PBS
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