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The Civil War(1990)

TV-14DocumentaryWar & PoliticsDrama1h 16m
81%

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Overview

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

Production Companies

Series Cast

David McCullough photo

David McCullough

Narrator

Sam Waterston photo

Sam Waterston

Abraham Lincoln

Julie Harris photo

Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut

Jason Robards photo

Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant

Morgan Freeman photo

Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass

Paul Roebling photo

Paul Roebling

Joshua Chamberlain

Garrison Keillor photo

Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman

George Black photo

George Black

Robert E. Lee

Arthur Miller photo

Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman

Christopher Murney photo

Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Charles McDowell photo

Charles McDowell

Samuel R. Watkins

Show Stats

StatusEnded

NetworkPBS

TypeMiniseries

Original LanguageEnglish

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