CinemaOSSeries · 1990 · 1 Season · TV-14
The Civil War
80%(140)IMDbDocumentaryWar & Politics

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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Status
Ended
Language
EN
First aired
September 23, 1990
Last aired
September 27, 1990
Seasons
1
Episodes
9
Network
PBS

Season 1

Episodes

No episodes found for this season.

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
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)

Creative team
Showrunner
Ken Burns
Ken Burns
Produced by
Ric Burns
Ric Burns
Catherine Yang Eisele

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