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The Civil War

The Civil War

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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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Miniseries
9 episodes · 1990
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Specials
15 episodes · Not counted in progress
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First Aired
Sep 23, 1990
Last Aired
Sep 27, 1990
Episode Runtime
1h 16m
Network
PBS
Country
US

Cast

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David McCullough
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
Sam Waterston
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Julie Harris
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut (voice)
Jason Robards
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Paul Roebling
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
Garrison Keillor
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman (voice)
George Black
Robert E. Lee (voice)
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)
Christopher Murney
Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)
Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins (voice)
Horton Foote
Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis (voice)
George Plimpton
George Plimpton
George Templeton Strong (voice)
Philip Bosco
Philip Bosco
Horace Greeley (voice)
Terry Courier
George B. McClellan (voice)
Jody Powell
Stonewall Jackson / Various (voice)
Studs Terkel
Studs Terkel
Benjamin Butler / Various
Hoyt Axton
Hoyt Axton
Various (voice)
John Hartford
John Hartford
Various (voice)
Colleen Dewhurst
Colleen Dewhurst
Various (voice)

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