The Civil War 1990
★ 7.9/10 TV-14 DocumentaryWar & Politics 1 seasons · 9 eps Ended
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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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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)
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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) Episode guide
Season 1 · 9 episodes
- E1 The Cause: 1861 Sep 23, 1990
- E2 A Very Bloody Affair: 1862 Sep 24, 1990
- E3 Forever Free: 1862 Sep 24, 1990
- E4 Simply Murder: 1863 Sep 25, 1990
- E5 The Universe of Battle: 1863 Sep 25, 1990
- E6 Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864 Sep 26, 1990
- E7 Most Hallowed Ground: 1864 Sep 26, 1990
- E8 War Is All Hell: 1865 Sep 27, 1990
- E9 The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865 Sep 27, 1990