Overview
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Production
Florentine Films · American Documentary Films Inc. · Kenneth Lauren Burns · WETA · Time-Life Video
Networks
PBSSeasons
Miniseries
9 ep · 1990
Cast & Characters
David McCullough
Narrator (voice)
Sam Waterston
Abraham Lincoln (voice)
Julie Harris
Mary Chestnut (voice)
Jason Robards
Ulysses S. Grant (voice)
Morgan Freeman
Frederick Douglass / John Boston (voice)
Paul Roebling
Joshua Chamberlain (voice)
Garrison Keillor
Walt Whitman (voice)
George Black
Robert E. Lee (voice)
Arthur Miller
William Tecumseh Sherman (voice)
Christopher Murney
Elisha Hunt Rhodes (voice)
Charles McDowell
Samuel R. Watkins (voice)
Horton Foote
Jefferson Davis (voice)
Directors & Crew
Catherine Yang Eisele
Producer
Stephen Ives
Producer
Julie A. Dunfey
Producer
Mike Hill
Producer
Ric Burns
Producer
Screenshots & Stills
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