The Civil War

The Civil War (1990)

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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  • First Air Date: 1990-09-23
  • Last Air Date: 1990-09-27
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 9
  • Episode Runtime: 76 min.
  • Network: PBS

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Seasons

  • Season 0

    15 Episodes

  • Season 1

    9 Episodes

Trailer

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

  • Studs Terkel

    Benjamin Butler / Various

  • Hoyt Axton

    Various

  • John Hartford

    Various

  • Colleen Dewhurst

    Various

  • Shelby Foote

    Various

  • Ronnie Gilbert

    Various

  • Jeremy Irons

    Various

  • Gene Jones

    Various

  • Derek Jacobi

    Various

  • Kurt Vonnegut

    Various

  • Laurence Fishburne

    Various

  • Pamela Reed

    Various

  • M. Emmet Walsh

    Various

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