The Civil War

The Civil War

7.9 1990
DocumentaryWar & Politics
The Civil War

Synopsis

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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David McCullough
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David McCullough

Narrator (voice)

Sam Waterston
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Sam Waterston

Abraham Lincoln (voice)

Julie Harris
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Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut (voice)

Jason Robards
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Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

Morgan Freeman
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Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)

Paul Roebling
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Paul Roebling

Joshua Chamberlain (voice)

Garrison Keillor
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Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman (voice)

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George Black

Robert E. Lee (voice)

Arthur Miller
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Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)

Christopher Murney
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Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)

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