The Civil War

Overview

A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.

Created by: Ken Burns

Seasons

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

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George Black

Robert E. Lee

Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman

Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes