Creator
Cast
Narrator
Abraham Lincoln
Mary Chestnut
Ulysses S. Grant
Frederick Douglass
Joshua Chamberlain
Walt Whitman
Robert E. Lee
William Tecumseh Sherman
Elisha Hunt Rhodes
Samuel R. Watkins
Jefferson Davis
George Templeton Strong
Horace Greeley
George B. McClellan
Stonewall Jackson / Various
Benjamin Butler / Various
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Video trailer
Synopsis
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Original titleThe Civil War
First air dateSep. 23, 1990
Last air dateSep. 27, 1990
Seasons and episodes
1Season 1 Sep. 22, 1990
1 - 1The Cause: 1861Sep. 23, 1990
1 - 2A Very Bloody Affair: 1862Sep. 24, 1990
1 - 3Forever Free: 1862Sep. 24, 1990
1 - 4Simply Murder: 1863Sep. 25, 1990
1 - 5The Universe of Battle: 1863Sep. 25, 1990
1 - 6Valley of the Shadow of Death: 1864Sep. 26, 1990
1 - 7Most Hallowed Ground: 1864Sep. 26, 1990
1 - 8War is All Hell: 1865Sep. 27, 1990
1 - 9The Better Angels of Our Nature: 1865Sep. 27, 1990
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