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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 with distinguished historians and first-person accounts in this award-winning documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns. The miniseries vividly embraces the entire sweep of the war: the complex causes and lasting effects of America's greatest and most moving calamity, the battles and the homefronts, the generals and the private soldiers, the anguish of death in battle and the grief of families at home.
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- verified Status: Ended
- person By: Unknown
- calendar_month Release Date: 1990-09-22
- video_camera_front Companies Florentine Films, American Documentary Films Inc., Kenneth Lauren Burns, WETA, Time-Life Video
- list_alt Episodes: 9 Episodes
- timer Episode Runtime: 76 Mins/Episode
- star Rating: 7.3 / 10
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smart_display Cast
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
Stephen Ives
Producer
Catherine Yang Eisele
Producer
Mike Hill
Producer
Julie A. Dunfey
Producer
Ric Burns
Producer
Ken Burns
Executive Producer
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