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

Ric Burns
as
Producer
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Catherine Yang Eisele
as
Producer
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Mike Hill
as
Producer

Ken Burns
as
Executive Producer
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Julie A. Dunfey
as
Producer

Stephen Ives
as
Producer

Jay Ungar
as
Original Music Composer

Ken Burns
as
Writer
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Geoffrey C. Ward
as
Writer