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The Civil War

The Civil War (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.

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    David McCullough

    David McCullough

    Narrator (9 episodes)

    Sam Waterston

    Sam Waterston

    Abraham Lincoln (9 episodes)

    Julie Harris

    Julie Harris

    Mary Chestnut (9 episodes)

    Jason Robards

    Jason Robards

    Ulysses S. Grant (9 episodes)

    Morgan Freeman

    Morgan Freeman

    Frederick Douglass (9 episodes)

    Paul Roebling

    Paul Roebling

    Joshua Chamberlain (9 episodes)

    Garrison Keillor

    Garrison Keillor

    Walt Whitman (9 episodes)

    GB

    George Black

    Robert E. Lee (9 episodes)

    Arthur Miller

    Arthur Miller

    William Tecumseh Sherman (9 episodes)

    Media

    The Civil War | A Film By Ken Burns | PBS America

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