The Civil War
Overview
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
23/09/1990
Votes
130
Popularity
7.6
Specials
Miniseries
Photographs, period paintings, lithographs and headlines of the Civil War are combined with moving newsreel footage of C…
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)
Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)
Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins (voice)
Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis (voice)
George Plimpton
George Templeton Strong (voice)
Philip Bosco
Horace Greeley (voice)
Terry Courier
George B. McClellan (voice)
Jody Powell
Stonewall Jackson / Various (voice)
Studs Terkel
Benjamin Butler / Various
Hoyt Axton
Various (voice)
John Hartford
Various (voice)
Colleen Dewhurst
Various (voice)
Shelby Foote
Various (voice)
Ronnie Gilbert
Various (voice)
Jeremy Irons
Various (voice)
Gene Jones
Various (voice)
Derek Jacobi
William Russell / Various (voice)
Kurt Vonnegut
Various (voice)
Laurence Fishburne
Sgt. Louis Douglas / Samuel Jess / Various (voice)
Pamela Reed
Various (voice)
M. Emmet Walsh
Various (voice)
Barbara Fields
Various (voice)
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