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The Civil War

The Civil War

1990 TV-14 ★ 7.9 1 Seasons Documentary War & Politics

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Overview

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

Episodes

Seasons 1

Seasons 1

The Cause: 1861

S01E01 1990-09-23

The Cause: 1861

Beginning with a searing indictment of slavery, this first episode dramatically evokes the causes o...

A Very Bloody Affair: 1862

S01E02 1990-09-24

A Very Bloody Affair: 1862

1862 saw the birth of modern warfare and the transformation of Lincoln's war to preserve the Union...

Forever Free: 1862

S01E03 1990-09-24

Forever Free: 1862

This episode charts the dramatic events that led to Lincoln's decision to set the slaves free. Conv...

Simply Murder: 1863

S01E04 1990-09-25

Simply Murder: 1863

The nightmarish Union disaster at Fredericksburg comes to two climaxes that spring: at Chancellorsv...

The Universe of Battle: 1863

S01E05 1990-09-25

The Universe of Battle: 1863

This episode opens with a dramatic account of the turning point of war: the Battle of Gettysburg, t...

Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864

S01E06 1990-09-26

Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864

Episode six begins with a biographical comparison of Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee and then ch...

Most Hallowed Ground: 1864

S01E07 1990-09-26

Most Hallowed Ground: 1864

The episode begins with the presidential election of 1864 that sets Abraham Lincoln against his old...

War Is All Hell: 1865

S01E08 1990-09-27

War Is All Hell: 1865

The episode begins with William Tecumseh Sherman's brilliant march to the sea, which brings the war...

The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865

S01E09 1990-09-27

The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865

This extraordinary final episode of The Civil War begins in the bittersweet aftermath of Lee's surr...

Cast

David McCullough

David McCullough

Narrator (voice)

Sam Waterston

Sam Waterston

Abraham Lincoln (voice)

Julie Harris

Julie Harris

Mary Chestnut (voice)

Jason Robards

Jason Robards

Ulysses S. Grant (voice)

Morgan Freeman

Morgan Freeman

Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)

Paul Roebling

Paul Roebling

Joshua Chamberlain (voice)

Garrison Keillor

Garrison Keillor

Walt Whitman (voice)

George Black

George Black

Robert E. Lee (voice)

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)

Christopher Murney

Christopher Murney

Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)

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