The Civil War
tv show
9 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired September 23, 1990
Overview
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Cast
David McCullough
as
Narrator
Sam Waterston
as
Abraham Lincoln
Julie Harris
as
Mary Chestnut
Jason Robards
as
Ulysses S. Grant
Morgan Freeman
as
Frederick Douglass
Paul Roebling
as
Joshua Chamberlain
Garrison Keillor
as
Walt Whitman
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George Black
as
Robert E. Lee
Arthur Miller
as
William Tecumseh Sherman
Christopher Murney
as
Elisha Hunt Rhodes
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Charles McDowell
as
Samuel R. Watkins
Horton Foote
as
Jefferson Davis
Crew
Ken Burns
as
Director of Photography
Ken Burns
as
Director
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Paul Barnes
as
Editor
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Catherine Yang Eisele
as
Producer
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Mike Hill
as
Producer
Ken Burns
as
Executive Producer
Stephen Ives
as
Producer
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Julie A. Dunfey
as
Producer
Ric Burns
as
Producer
Jay Ungar
as
Original Music Composer
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Geoffrey C. Ward
as
Writer
Ken Burns
as
Writer