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A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
First Aired
Sep 23, 1990
Last Aired
Sep 27, 1990
Seasons
1
Episodes
9
Network
PBS
Studio
Florentine Films, American Documentary Films Inc., Kenneth Lauren Burns, WETA, Time-Life Video
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Cast
Full credits →D
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
S
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
J
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut (voice)
J
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
M
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
P
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
G
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman (voice)
A
Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)
C
Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)
H
Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis (voice)
G
George Plimpton
George Templeton Strong (voice)
P
Philip Bosco
Horace Greeley (voice)
S
Studs Terkel
Benjamin Butler / Various
H
Hoyt Axton
Various (voice)
J
John Hartford
Various (voice)
C
Colleen Dewhurst
Various (voice)
R
Ronnie Gilbert
Various (voice)
J
Jeremy Irons
Various (voice)
G
Gene Jones
Various (voice)
D
Derek Jacobi
William Russell / Various (voice)
