The Civil War

The Civil War

The Civil War

HD ★ 7.9 📅 1990 📺 1 Season

DocumentaryWar & Politics

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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Season 1 · Episode 1

Cast

David McCullough

David McCullough

Narrator (voice)

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Abraham Lincoln (voice)

Julie Harris

Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut (voice)

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)

Paul Roebling

Paul Roebling

Joshua Chamberlain (voice)

Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman (voice)

George Black

Robert E. Lee (voice)

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)

Christopher Murney

Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)

Charles McDowell

Charles McDowell

Samuel R. Watkins (voice)

Horton Foote

Horton Foote

Jefferson Davis (voice)

George Plimpton

George Plimpton

George Templeton Strong (voice)

Philip Bosco

Philip Bosco

Horace Greeley (voice)

Terry Courier

George B. McClellan (voice)

Jody Powell

Stonewall Jackson / Various (voice)

Studs Terkel

Studs Terkel

Benjamin Butler / Various

Hoyt Axton

Hoyt Axton

Various (voice)

John Hartford

John Hartford

Various (voice)

Colleen Dewhurst

Colleen Dewhurst

Various (voice)

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