The Civil War (1990)

Name: The Civil War
Genre: Documentary, War & Politics
Released: 1990-09-23
Cast: David McCullough, Sam Waterston, Julie Harris, Jason Robards, Morgan Freeman

Kernel Score: 86% · 122 ratings

Genres: Documentary, War & Politics

First aired: 1990-09-23

Seasons: 1 · 9 episodes

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
George Black as Robert E. Lee
Arthur Miller as William Tecumseh Sherman
Christopher Murney as Elisha Hunt Rhodes