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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.
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- verified Status: Ended
- person By: Unknown
- calendar_month Release Date: 1990-09-23
- update Lastly Aired: 1990-09-27
- video_camera_front Companies Florentine Films, American Documentary Films Inc., Kenneth Lauren Burns, WETA, Time-Life Video
- list_alt Seasons & Episodes: 1 Seasons, 9 Episodes
- timer Episode Runtime: 76 Mins/Episode
- star Rating: 8 / 10
- favorite Likes: 115 Likes
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David McCullough
Narrator

Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln

Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut

Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant

Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass

Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain

Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman

George Black
Robert E. Lee

Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman

Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes

Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins

Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis

George Plimpton
George Templeton Strong

Philip Bosco
Horace Greeley

Terry Courier
George B. McClellan

Jody Powell
Stonewall Jackson / Various

Studs Terkel
Benjamin Butler / Various

Hoyt Axton
Various

John Hartford
Various

Colleen Dewhurst
Various

Shelby Foote
Various

Ronnie Gilbert
Various

Jeremy Irons
Various

Gene Jones
Various

Derek Jacobi
Various

Kurt Vonnegut
Various

Laurence Fishburne
Various

Pamela Reed
Various

M. Emmet Walsh
Various
groups Crew

Paul Barnes
Editor

Jay Ungar
Original Music Composer

Ken Burns
Director of Photography

Ric Burns
Producer

Catherine Yang Eisele
Producer

Mike Hill
Producer

Stephen Ives
Producer

Julie A. Dunfey
Producer

Ken Burns
Executive Producer
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1 Seasons in total-
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Photographs, period paintings, lithographs and headlines of the Civil War are combined with moving newsreel footage of Civil War veterans, interviews ...
9 Episode(s)
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