1990- 1990

1 Seasons

9 Episodes

7.9(122 votes)

Ended

Documentary

War & Politics

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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Cast & Crew

29 members

Acting

David McCullough

Narrator

Acting

Sam Waterston

Abraham Lincoln

Acting

Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut

Acting

Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant

Acting

Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass

Acting

Paul Roebling

Joshua Chamberlain

Acting

Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman

Acting

George Black

Robert E. Lee

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Writing

Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman

Acting

Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Acting

Charles McDowell

Samuel R. Watkins

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Writing

Horton Foote

Jefferson Davis

Acting

George Plimpton

George Templeton Strong

Acting

Philip Bosco

Horace Greeley

Acting

Terry Courier

George B. McClellan

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Jody Powell

Stonewall Jackson / Various

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Studs Terkel

Benjamin Butler / Various

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Hoyt Axton

Various

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John Hartford

Various

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Colleen Dewhurst

Various

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Shelby Foote

Various

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Ronnie Gilbert

Various

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Jeremy Irons

Various

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Gene Jones

Various

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Derek Jacobi

Various

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Kurt Vonnegut

Various

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Laurence Fishburne

Various

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Pamela Reed

Various

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M. Emmet Walsh

Various

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