The Civil War
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TV1990DocumentaryWar & PoliticsA documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Top Cast
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut (voice)
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman (voice)
George Black
Robert E. Lee (voice)
Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)
Episodes
EP 1
The Cause: 1861
Sep 23, 1990•1h 40m
EP 2
A Very Bloody Affair: 1862
Sep 24, 1990•1h 9m
EP 3
Forever Free: 1862
Sep 24, 1990•1h 17m
EP 4
Simply Murder: 1863
Sep 25, 1990•1h 3m
EP 5
The Universe of Battle: 1863
Sep 25, 1990•1h 37m
EP 6
Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864
Sep 26, 1990•1h 11m
EP 7
Most Hallowed Ground: 1864
Sep 26, 1990•1h 13m
EP 8
War Is All Hell: 1865
Sep 27, 1990•1h 10m
EP 9
The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865
Sep 27, 1990•1h 10m
Information
Status
Ended
First Air Date
1990-09-23
Last Air Date
1990-09-27
Episode Runtime
1h 16m
Seasons
1 Seasons
Total Episodes
9 Episodes
Original Language
German, English
Network
PBS
